Prison Life in the Old Capitol and Reminiscences of the Civil War

by James J. Williamson

OLD CAPITOL PRISON, WASHINGTON, D. C.

PRISON LIFE IN THE
OLD CAPITOL

AND
REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR

BY
JAMES J. WILLIAMSON
Author of “Mosby’s Rangers”

Illustrations by
B. F. WILLIAMSON

WEST ORANGE, N. J.
1911

Copyright, 1911
BY
JAMES J. WILLIAMSON

PREFACE

It is not my intention in my prison diary to discuss the constitutional or legal question of arbitrary arrests and imprisonment of non-combatants, but to present to my readers a picture of the daily routine of prison life as I saw it, together with incidents related to me by fellow-prisoners.