American bastile. A history of the illegal arrests and imprisonment of American citizens in the northern and border states during the late civil war (1883) (14576165599)

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Title: American bastile. A history of the illegal arrests and imprisonment of American citizens in the northern and border states ... during the late civil war
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Marshall, John A
Subjects: Martial law
Publisher: Philadelphia, T.W. Hartley & Co.
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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ex-tremely sensitive, he was discouraged and disheartened; andfeeling that scorns slow, unmoving finger pointed towardhim, he returned to the bosom of his family, and there, inquiet and seclusion, sought a balm for his wounded spirit;steadfastly refusing to take any part in politics, althoughearnestly solicited to do so by his numerous friends. In 1867, he was attacked with inflammatory rheumatismand scrofula, diseases from which he had previously suffered,but which had evidently been aggravated by his confinement.He started for Texas for the benefit of his health, which had,upon a previous occasion, been much improved by that cli-mate. As he was getting ready to return home, he wasseized with a severe attack of typhoid pneumonia, and soonfound a grave, a stranger in a strange land. He hadneither friends nor relatives near him, to minister to his com.fort, mitigate his sufferings, or proffer him the solace of religion. Earth serenely now may give her calmTo whom she gave her anguish.
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THE OLD CAPITOL PRISON: Its History and Incidents. THE buildings known as the Old Capitol, but now demolisbed, were not erected at one time. The Old Capitalproper, included only the building fronting on First Street;that on A Street adjoining, and forming a part of the prison,was built subsequently. The Old Capitol Prison, situated on the corner of A andFirst Streets, Washington, was an old and dilapidated brickbuilding, which was erected in 1817, to accommodate theNational Legislature, the Capitol building having been de-stroyed by fire. It was used for that purpose until the Cap-itol was rebuilt, when the additions and alterations weremade, and it was fitted up for a boarding-house, and as such,was, for many years, patronized by members of Congressand others, who visited the city during the sessions of Con-gress, and whose daily attendance on the Legislative hallsmade a contiguous dwelling desirable. It was in this build-ing that the Hon. John C. Calhoun breathed his last. Andlittle