. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . BREVET BRIGADIf:R-GENEnALB. F. TRACY BRIGADIER-GENERALALBIN SCHOEPF COPVRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PU8, CO. BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALJUSTIN DIMICK THREE COMMANDANTS OF FEDERAL PRISONS Above arc the officers incharge of three Federalprisons, the first two ofwhich were a terror to thecaptured Confederates. Stu-dents of physiognomy will beinterested in comparing thefaces of the three men. B. entered the war ascolonel of the 109th NewYork Infantry, August 28,1862. He was
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . BREVET BRIGADIf:R-GENEnALB. F. TRACY BRIGADIER-GENERALALBIN SCHOEPF COPVRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PU8, CO. BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALJUSTIN DIMICK THREE COMMANDANTS OF FEDERAL PRISONS Above arc the officers incharge of three Federalprisons, the first two ofwhich were a terror to thecaptured Confederates. Stu-dents of physiognomy will beinterested in comparing thefaces of the three men. B. entered the war ascolonel of the 109th NewYork Infantry, August 28,1862. He was honorablj dis-charged May 10, 1864, and onSeptember 10th of tliat yearhe was made colonel of the127th United States ColoredInfantry, and placed in chargeof Eliuira Prison, where themortality was very high. Hewas appointed brevet brig-adier-general of volunteersMarch 13, 1865. Brigadier-General Albin Schoepf, aHungarian refugee, held thecommand of Fort Delawareuntil he was mustered out,January 15,1866. No prison. GRATIOT STREET PRISON, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI was so dreaded in the Southas this, where the poorly con-structed barracks, several feetbelow the level of high water,were always damp and \irt Warren, for the greater])art of the war, was undercharge of Colonel (later Brig-adier-General) Justin Dimick,an officer who graduated fromthe Military Academy October18, 1814, served in the waragainst the Florida Indiansand in the Mexican War, andreceived promotions for gal-lant and meritorious conductin both. This kind-heartedveteran was able to preservediscipline by kindness, andFort Warren bears the uniquedistinction of being the onlyone which all inmates Gratiot Street Prison inSt. Louis, shown below, wascommanded during the lastyear of the war by an ableofficer. Captain R. C. Allen. Fair Ground, which had been used during tlie fall and winterof 1861 and 1802 as barracks for a few Indiana troops. Thecamp was turned into a jjrison to accommodate those capturedin Fo
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