. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . he rooms abovethem, and, Uke them, were divided fromeach other by massive blank walls. Forready comprehension, let these be desig-nated the east, middle, and west in the lofts known as Streightsroom and Milroys room, which wereoccupied by the earliest inmates of Libbyin 1863, there was no furniture in the build-ing, and only a few of the early comers pos-sessed such a luxury as an old army blanket No consideration of personal conveniencewas permitted to interfere with the generalcomfort of the squad. Thus, when the hardfloor c
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . he rooms abovethem, and, Uke them, were divided fromeach other by massive blank walls. Forready comprehension, let these be desig-nated the east, middle, and west in the lofts known as Streightsroom and Milroys room, which wereoccupied by the earliest inmates of Libbyin 1863, there was no furniture in the build-ing, and only a few of the early comers pos-sessed such a luxury as an old army blanket No consideration of personal conveniencewas permitted to interfere with the generalcomfort of the squad. Thus, when the hardfloor could no longer be endured on the rightside,— especially by the thin men,— the cap-tain gave the command, Attention, SquadNumber Four ! Prepare to spoon! One —two—spoon! And the whole squad floppedover on the left side. The first floor on the west of the buildingwas used by the Confederates as an oftice andfor sleeping-quarters for the prison ofticials,and a stair-way guarded by sentinels led fromthis to Milroys room just above it. As before. ft
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