on july 20th, sergeant oliver gates counted 11 dead since they arrived on that may day. here we get nothing to eat and no care. prisoners were dying in their tents, in the open sun, anywhere and everywhere. with little to do except focus on the suffering, the impact of so much death, especially this kind of death, unheroic, helpless was profound for those who did survive. by mid august, one sergeant wrote in his diary that he scarcely knew what to write the mortality rate is horrible. the weather is unbearable and men's hearts are sinking. by mid august, sergeant henry savage wrote almost every day someone in our regiment dies. we're certainly warned to be prepared. some days one looks forward and wonders whose turn will come next. the pace of death was shocking. in may leyland barlow believed quote, one man dies every hour. one estimated that prisoners were dying at a late of 45 a day. barlow wrote, we are falling like leaves in the august wind. ira forbes counted 29 dead from the regiment. he said how fast we are passing away. combat seemed far preferable than imprison

sergeant20, sarge or -- oliver gates counted 11 dead since they had arrived on that may day.han ever -- here we get nothing to eat and no care. prisoners were dying in their tents, and open son, anywhere, and everywhere. onh little to do but focus the suffering, the impact of so much death, especially this kind of death, unheroic, helpless, was profound for those who did survive. by mid august, sergeant grossman wrote in his diary that he scarcely knew what to write. terrible,ity rate was he said, the weather was unbearable, and men's hearts were thinking -- sinking. by mid-march, sergeant savage said that nearly every day, someone died. days, a man would look forward and wonder who's turn was next. grossman estimated that prisoners were dying at a rate of 45 per day. forbes counted 25 dead from the regiment. he said, how fast we are passing away. preferable tofar imprisonment. barely two weeks into captivity, forbes wrote that it would be unspeakable happiness to return to the army and fight under the flag of honor. as it was later explained, they do not have to be free from

i know, again, with my work on the 16th, there's one particular soldier, oliver gates who in his diary, there's one section where he's extremely critical of men that took these paroles, again, to work in the cook house, to work in the hospital. some of them worked as shoemakers. which was a highly valued trade for the confederacy. they wanted, you know, help making shoes. and so, you know, he was extremely anger and bitter about this, that this was a shame, this was so shameful, and, again, death before dishonor, and in the last page of his diary, he confesses that he accepted a parole when he was at, i think it's at florence, to work in the hospital. and he says he did it to stay alive, so he could come home to his wife and daughter. and he says that he regrets that he was so judgemental of his comrades. that no one should try to assume what it's like to be in that position. and i think it speaks to this gut-wrenching torment that these prisoners were going through, whether it was this prison or other prisons, they're feeling that they've been forgotten. they don't have a sense of the

oliver lee of douglas and queens said nothing today as he headed to court but his actions yesterday spoke volumes. as you can see in this exclusive video, confused workers and shoppers either shelter ised behind gated stores or ran out of the mall, believing there was an active shooter. why? well, cops tell us more than 400 of the 911 calls came in from the mall yesterday after people heard a gun shot. say, was that lee used this handgun's tried to steal an $18,000 rolex watch from a secure part of the torneau store. but a retired nypd officer working security with two others wouldn't let that happen. >> it resulted in a life-and- death struggle. the struggle started in the rear of the store and went out into the concourse of the mall. >> an employee of macies was shot when lee's gun went off in the scuffle, but that employee is now recovering. no one answered at lee's home here in queens today, but police say he was unemployed and that they found 10 oxycodone pills on him at the time of his arrest. they also confirm lee posted this photo of a gun, alcohol, and pills on his facebook page on sunday. a red flag, they say. >> if you see something that is not right or alarms you, shot of that and send