CSPAN3 February 13, 2012
and he basically blamed the prison guards were being cruel. one of the things that he knew was that if a prison guard shot an inmate, they would get a furlough. and so there was kind of an incentive for taking down union inmates. this new york soldier said i saw many men shot while i was there. i do not know their names. they were federal prisoners. the first man i saw shot was shortly after the dead line was established. i think it was in may. he was shot near the brook on the east side of the stockade. at the time there was no railing. there was simply posts struck along where they...