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What was prison life like in St. Louis during the Civil War?


What was prison life like in St. Louis during the Civil War?
Over the course of the war, the Union Army turned to two different prisons in downtown St. Louis to control rebellious citizens and send a message to the entire city.
Painting of Gratiot Street Prison by Martin Stadler, c. 1864-65
When the Union Army seized control of St. Louis in 1861, it had a problem. While a large portion of the immigrant population was anti-slavery, much of the native residents, whose wealth and economic ties relied on the “Peculiar Institution,” were openly hostile to their new occupying military government. As I’ve written about before, it even broke out into deadly riots on several occasions throughout the duration of the Civil War. But the Union Army, under the command of different leaders over the course of the war, turned to two different prisons in downtown St. Louis to not only control rebellious citizens, but also to send a message to the rest of the city. ....

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Two state representatives call on the Cardinals to erect a monument to remember the slave pens near Busch Stadium


Two state representatives call on the Cardinals to erect a monument to remember the slave pens near Busch Stadium
Rasheen Aldridge and Trish Gunby have asked the baseball team to recognize the location of Lynch s Slave Pens.
Lynch s Slave Pens
The legacy of slavery in St. Louis has recently come back into the news with word that state representatives Rasheen Aldridge and Trish Gunby have written to the St. Louis Cardinals, requesting the commemoration of Lynch’s Slave Pens, which were located in the area of the current Busch Stadium. Reached via email, Gunby told me:
“After touring Rep. Rasheen Aldridge s 78th District last summer, I realized Busch Stadium was in it and together we talked about what I had learned and how we could build on the racial justice work he s done in the St. Louis region. Those conversations culminated with our press release asking the Cardinals to erect a monument.” ....

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