. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ft. LIBBY PRISON IN iH or a knife, cup, and tin-plate. As a rule, theprisoner, by the time he reached Libby, foundhimself devoid of earthly goods save the mea-ger and dust-begrimed summer garb in whichhe had made his unlucky campaign. At night the six large lofts presented strangewar-pictures, over which a single tallow-candlewept copious and greasy tears that ran downover the petrified loaf of corn-bread, Bordenscondensed milk can, or bottle in which it wasset, and where it struggled on until taps,when the guards, with unconscious irony,sho
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ft. LIBBY PRISON IN iH or a knife, cup, and tin-plate. As a rule, theprisoner, by the time he reached Libby, foundhimself devoid of earthly goods save the mea-ger and dust-begrimed summer garb in whichhe had made his unlucky campaign. At night the six large lofts presented strangewar-pictures, over which a single tallow-candlewept copious and greasy tears that ran downover the petrified loaf of corn-bread, Bordenscondensed milk can, or bottle in which it wasset, and where it struggled on until taps,when the guards, with unconscious irony,shouted, Lights out! at which signal it usu-ally disappeared amid a shower of boots andsuch other missiles as were at hand. Thesleepers covered the six floors, lying in ranks,head to head and foot to foot, like prostratelines of battle. For the general good, and topreserve something like military precision,these ranks (especially when cold weathercompelled them to lie close for better warmth)were subdivided into convenient squads un-der charge of a captai
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