. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . hich its southernwall is only divided by a street and having avacant lot on the east. The building was whollydetached, making it a comparatively easy mat-ter to guard the prison securely with a smallforce and keep every door and window in fullview from without. As an adflitional measureof safety, prisoners were mot allowed on the ground-floor, except that in the day-time theywere permitted to use the first floor of themiddle section for a cook-room. The interiorembraced nine large warehouse-rooms 105x45,with eight feet from each floor to cei
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . hich its southernwall is only divided by a street and having avacant lot on the east. The building was whollydetached, making it a comparatively easy mat-ter to guard the prison securely with a smallforce and keep every door and window in fullview from without. As an adflitional measureof safety, prisoners were mot allowed on the ground-floor, except that in the day-time theywere permitted to use the first floor of themiddle section for a cook-room. The interiorembraced nine large warehouse-rooms 105x45,with eight feet from each floor to ceiling, ex-cept the upper floor, which gave more room,owing to the pitch of the gable roof. Theabrupt slant of the hill gives the building anadditional story on the south side. The wholebuilding really embraces three sections, andthese were originally separated by heavy blankwalls. The Confederates cut doors throughthe walls of the two upper floors, which com-prised the prisoners quarters, and they werethus permitted to mingle freely with each other,. I COLONEL THOMAS E. KOSE. COLONEL ROSES TUNNEL AT LLBBY PRISON. 771 but there was no communication whateverbetween the three large rooms on the iirstfloors. Beneath these floors were three ceflarsof the same dimensions as the 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!
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