. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALB. F. TRACT BRIGADIER-GEXERALALBIN SCHOEPF BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALJUSTIN- DIMICK THREE COMMANDANTS OF FEDERAL PRISONS Above are 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 honorably dis-charged May 10, 1861, and onSeptember 10th of that yearhe was made colonel of the127
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALB. F. TRACT BRIGADIER-GEXERALALBIN SCHOEPF BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALJUSTIN- DIMICK THREE COMMANDANTS OF FEDERAL PRISONS Above are 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 honorably dis-charged May 10, 1861, and onSeptember 10th of that yearhe was made colonel of the127th United States ColoredInfantry, and placed in chargeof Elmira 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 15,1866. Xo 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 Warren, for the greaterpart 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 the fall and wintervX(ViJb of 1861 and 1862 as barracks for a few Indiana troops. Thecamp was turned into a prison to accommodate those capturedin Forts Henry a
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