Description
During the Civil War, the Gratiot Street Military Prison was operated in St. Louis by the Union army and held not only to Confederate prisoners of war, but spies, guerillas, civilians suspected of disloyalty, and even Union soldiers accused of crimes or misbehavior. The prison also was centered in a city of divided loyalties. Hear about what life was like for prisoners of Gratiot and some of its most famous inhabitants, and escapees.