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THURSDAY. AUGUST 2. 1956
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Depiction of General Winder
(Continued from Page 3)
publication of this bibliography
which he offers as his authori
ty for his recitals and descrip
tions.
From a monetary point, Kan
tor’s book seems to have been a
great success. In 1955 it was a
leader in the Book of the Month
Club and in 1956 Kantor was
awarded the Pulitzer Prize for
the best American novel, but
some of its readers describe it as
an outstanding example of por
nography at its worst. Beside it,
“Grapes of Wrath’’ and “Tobacco
Road’’ are exceedingly mild.
Recently the United States
Senate Commission on Juvenile
Delinquency drew up a long re
port on pornography and states
that five hundred million dollars
is spent in this traffic and that
the quantity and quality of the
material of this racket beggars
description. “It is wanton, de
praved, nauseating, despicable,
demoralizing, destructive and
capable of poisoning any mind.”
These words well describe the
contents of the book reported as
winning a Pulitzer Prize and be
ing America’s best-seller.
Personal Grievance
scores of blood kin have feelings
of personal grievance against
those who slander the name of
the Winders of Maryland from
which “the Villain of Anderson-
ville” came. We sharply resent
the vile insinuations and untruth
ful statements about General
Winder and other Winders men
tioned in the book.
Major John Cox Winder, a son
of General Winder, bom in North
Carolina, was a well-known citi
zen of Raleigh while executive
vice president and general mana
ger of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad and this writer was
brought up in his home. Another
son of Gen. John H. Winder was
Capt. W. S. Winder of Baltimore,
also bom in North Carolina, in
whose home the writer was a fre
quent visitor. The name Winder
is well-known and honorably re
membered in Maryland, Virginia
and North Carolina and public
opinion should protect so large' a
group of good citizens from the
slander of willful or ignorant tra-
ducers.
Until a reprinting of Dr. Stev
enson’s book can be made, it is
hoped that those who can bor^
Page SEVEN
Andersonville. For those who
want a hurried look into the rich
contents of Dr. Stevenson’s de
fense of the Confederate proce
dure at Andersonville, we append
a typical extract in the form of a
letter in 1875 about Gen. John H.
Winder by Mr. James H. Seddon
Secretary of War of the Confed
erate States, to Capt. W. Sydney
Winder of' Baltimore. If space
permitted, other documentary
evidence of the character of the
Winders could be furnished from
Dr. Stevenson’s book and other
sources.
Letter Praises General
The letter follows;
Sabot Hill, December 29, 1875
Mr. W. S. Winder, Baltimore
Dear Sir—Your letter reached
me some two weeks since, and
have been prevented by serious
indisposition from giving it an
early reply.
I take pleasure in rendering my
emphatic testimony to relieve the
character and reputation of your
father, the late General John H.
Winder, from the unjust asper
sions that have been cast upon
them in connection with ‘the
treatment of the Federal prison
ers under his charge during our
late civil war.
I had, privately and officially.
rm. • .row a copy of this volume will I., ^ . ... ,
The writer of this article and J do so and learn the tmth about opportunity of know-
mg his character, and judging his
disposition and conduct towards
the Federal prisoners: for those
in Richmond, where he was al
most daily in official communica
tion with me, often in respect to
them, had been some time under
his command before. In large
measure from the care and
kindness he was believed to have
shown to them, he was sent South
to have the supervision and con
trol of the large number there be
ing aggregated.
His manner and mode of speech
were perhaps naturally some
what abrupt and sharp, and his
military bearing may have added
more of sternness and imperious
ness; but these were mere super
ficial traits, perhaps, as I some
times thought, assumed in a man
ner to disguise the real gentle
ness and kindness of his nature.
I thought him marked by real
humanity towards the weak and
helpless^—such as women and
children, for instance—by that
spirit of protection and defense
\vMch distinguished the really
ggllant soldier.
To me he always expressed
sympathy, and manifested
strong desire to provide for the
wants and comforts of the prison
ers under his charge. Very fre
quently, from the urgency of his
claims in behalf of the prisoners
while in Richmond, controversies
would arise between.him and the
Commisary-General, ’ which were
submitted to me by them in per-
for my decision, and I was
struck by his earnestness and zeal
claiming the fullest supplies
law of the Confederacy al
lowed or gave color or claim to.
law required prisoners to
have the allowance provided for
own soldiers in the field, and
constituted the guide to the set
tlement of such questions. Strict
injunctions were invariably given
from the Department for the ob
servance of this law, both then
[ afterwards, in the South, and
departure was to be tolerated
from it except under the direct
straits of self-defence. Your fath
was ever resolved, as far as
authority allowed, to act upon
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was graduated from the Military
Police Training Center at Fort
Gordon, Ga. ,
Honeycutt entered the Army
last February and completed ba
sic training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
He attended Vass Lakeview
High School.
Army Sgt. St. Clair P. Burton,
whose wife, Barbara, lives in
Southern Pines, is a member of
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Take advantage of our experience
and enforce the rule in behalf of
the prisoners.
When sent South, I know he
was most solicitous in regard to
all arrangements for salubrity
and convenience of location for
the military prisons, and for all
means that could facilitate the
supplies and comforts of the pris
oners, and promote their health
and preservation. That after
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South was among the saddest
necessities of the war; but they
were due, in a large measure, to
the cessation of exchange, which
forced the crowding of nutabers,
never contemplated, in the limit
ed prison bounds which could be
considered safe in the South, to
the increasing ' danger of attack
on such places, which made
Southern authorities and com
manders hostile to the establish
ment of additional prisons in con-
vient localities, and to the daily
increasing straits and deficiencies
of supplies of the Confederate
Government, and not to the want
of sympathy or humanity o,n the
part of your father, or his most
earnest effort to obviate and re
lieve the inevitable evils that op
pressed the unfortunate prison
ers. I know their sad case, and
his impotency to remedy it caus
ed himi keen anguish and distress
Amid the passions and outrag
ed feelings yet surviving our ter
rible struggle, it may be hard still
to have jjastice awarded to the
true merits and noble qualities of
your father; but in future and
happier times I doubt not all
mists of error obscuring his name
and fame will be swept away un
der the light of impartial investi
gation, and he will be honored
and revered as he ought to be,
among the most faithflul patriots
and gallant soldiers of the South
ern Confederacy.
Very truly yours,
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Pvt. Jerry G. Britt. 17. son of
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Britt, a tank loader, was Isist
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