THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED
brought together than the Immortal Six Hundred. The efforts of one prisoner to relieve the other were sublime; it was grand. Captain Cantwell's conception of a prison aid society was a true index of the man's heart. Below is a copy of the intention of the society, its constitution and membership:
Relief Association of Fort Pulaski, 1864.
Confederate States Officers' Prison Barracks,
Fort Pulaski, Ga., December 13, 1864.
At a called meeting of the Confederate States officers confined in these quarters, held at the quarters of Major Jones, Col. A. Fulkerson was called to the chair and Capt. Jno. L. Cantwell requested to act as secretary. At the request of the chairman, Capt. H. C. Dickinson explained the objects of the meeting, to-wit, to be the formation of an association for the relief, etc., of the sick of our number, etc., and submitted the following preamble and constitution, which were, on motion, adopted:
Whereas, It has been suggested that a number of our brother officers, confined with us as prisoners of war at Fort Pulaski, are deprived of some absolute necessaries of life,
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