Inside Swims Jail The Infernal Dungeon Experience
A first person account describes a Confederate prison cell known as Swims Jail. The author details a thirteen by thirteen foot room crowded with twenty two prisoners, four water buckets, and chained men forced to lie in close quarters. He recalls the suffocating heat the fetid air and the brutal treatment of a black prisoner Aleck who was whipped and advertised as property, revealing a system of racialized punishment.
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Swims
Calcutta
East Tennessee
Aleck
Buffum
Reddick
McClellan
Halleck
Mitchel
Chattanooga
Angier
Campbell
Andrews
Mones
Gen
Georgia
Kentucky
Alabama
Knoxville
Tenn
Madison
Chained Prisoners Endure Harsh Tennessee Jail Conditions
The narrator and three fellow prisoners Andrews Wollam and Ross endure a night in a fetid dungeon cell with irons, heat, and scarce food. They befriend East Tennesseeans, claim to be Union soldiers, and recount escape threats, meals, and the grim routine as they await fate under guard.
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Ross
Willam
Andrews
Lafayette
East
Daring and Suffering The Civil War Heroism and Tragedy
A publication by War Publishing Co presents a historical account by William Pittenger. It covers the most heroic and tragic episode of the Civil War, detailing acts of endurance, leadership, and hardship during a notable expedition.
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William Pittenger
The Old Negro Jail at Chattanooga
An excerpt recounts the brutal treatment of northern prisoners by slaveholding captors in the south, focusing on the Chattanooga prison and the Andrews Raiders. It describes slaveholder cruelty, the role of race, and the memory of the infamous Lookout Street jail as a symbol of inhuman confinement.
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South
Andersonville
Andrews
Chattanooga
Lookout Street
Foorth and
Fifth
Hounds Hunt Question Echoes Through Street Crowd
Prisoners reached Chattanooga safely and were lodged in a hotel to await orders. The landlord paid for a hearty breakfast. En route to Swims jail they passed a loud critic who shouted will them hounds hunt. The remark hinted at possible pursuit as the chains drew attention in the crowd.
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Chattanooga
Swims
Prisoner Tells Harrowing Escape Tales From Civil War Oddyssey
The narrative recalls brutal confinement in a dungeon with chained prisoners and vermin. Water and food were scarce, yet morale remained high as stories, war hopes, and plans for escape filled long hours. Andrews receives a death warrant signaling an imminent execution.
Rex Pile Remedy Promoted By Greeley Notice
In Greeley Colorado on September sixteen eighteen eighty seven a local notice extols Dr Rex s Pile Remedy as a cure for piles after years of suffering. A sworn testimonial from Adrelia R Casu asserts relief in one week and names J James Scott notary public and J J Reithman Co as wholesale agents with guarantee or refund terms.
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Adrelia R. Casu
James
Scott
Fezant Notary Public
J. J. Reithman & Co
Camp and Nusbaum Contractors and Brick Manufacturers
D. F. Camp and E. M. Nusbaum advertise as the only first class brick yard in Greeley offering brick that cannot be excelled in the state. They pledge practical work and satisfaction, invite builders to consult before erecting, and offer cheerful estimates. They also claim to manufacture a first class pressed brick, the only press brick north of Denver.
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Greeley
Denver
Teething Remedies and Insurance Joke Featured In Ad Copy
A fragmented advertisement touts Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain with claims of curing dysentery and diarrhoea and boosting energy. It also promotes Dr. J. H. McLean's strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier and cites a humorous insurance-rate anecdote about surroundings.
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Mrs. Winslow
Winslow Nothing
United States
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G. D. Wilson
Dorsey
Bensinger
Porter
Hawkins
Ringgold
Marietta
Narowly
Dalton
War Publishing Co
Boomeed
Greeley People
Rex
Loest Indies
America
D. F. Camp
E. M. Nuspaum
J. H. MacLean
Social Science Review
J. H. McLean
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