\"AtamassmeetingheldSeptember28th,1864,bytheFederalprisonersconfinedatSavannah,Ga。,itwasunanimouslyagreedthatthefollowingresolutionsbesenttothePresidentoftheUnitedStates,inthehopethathemighttherebytakesuchstepsasinhiswisdomhemaythinknecessaryforourspeedyexchangeorparole:
\"Resolved,ThatwhilewewoulddeclareourunboundedlovefortheUnion,forthehomeofourfathers,andforthegravesofthosewevenerate,wewouldbegmostrespectfullythatoursituationasprisonersbediligentlyinquiredinto,andeveryobstacleconsistentwiththehonoranddignityoftheGovernmentatonceremoved。
\"Resolved,ThatwhileallowingtheConfederateauthoritiesallduepraisefortheattentionpaidtoprisoners,numbersofourmenaredailyconsignedtoearlygraves,intheprimeofmanhood,farfromhomeandkindred,andthisisnotcausedintentionallybytheConfederateGovernment,butbyforceofcircumstances;theprisonersareforcedtogowithoutshelter,and,inagreatportionofcases,withoutmedicine。
\"Resolved,That,whereas,tenthousandofourbravecomradeshavedescendedintoanuntimelygravewithinthelastsixmonths,andaswebelievetheirdeathwascausedbythedifferenceofclimate,thepeculiarkindandinsufficiencyoffood,andlackofpropermedicaltreatment;
and,whereas,thosedifficultiesstillremain,wewoulddeclareasourfirmbelief,thatunlesswearespeedilyexchanged,wehavenoalternativebuttosharethelamentablefateofourcomrades。Mustthisthingstillgoon！Istherenohope？