Identifier: terrorshorrorsof00duff (find matches)
Title: Terrors and horrors of prison life; or, Six months a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Duff, William Hiram, 1844-
Subjects: Camp Chase (Ohio)
Publisher: (Lake Charles, La., Orphan Helper Print
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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19 in this position for two hours in a cold and bitter wind and when he was cut down he could not walk. Two of our men picked up the balls and chains as they were frozen and put them on their shoulders and carried them while others carried the poor man to his barrack. The prisoners murmured and complained at this treatment, and Bulls punishment was lighter from that time on. I was told two months afterwards that Bull had never given in. Some prisoners made money (in checks) by making things and selling them to the Yanks. A pair of fine boots was made and sold for $25.00, a beautiful sailing vessel, was sold for $25.00, a fiddle was made and sold for $25.00, all material being bought at the sutlers store. Rings etc brought good prices. I made some money (in checks) by selling tobacco, I not using it made good profit on it. I also with a beef rib put sides to a pocket-knife as the wood sides had come off, Robert Lively my comrade and bed-fellow gave me fifty-cents for it saying he wanted to-take

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