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just thought you'd want to know that i have personally been into the dungeon at Ft McHenry (Baltimore,MD), where "mr. lincoln", the tyrant & war criminal, had his "enemies" from the press incarcerated with no bedding, little food & only enough water to keep them alive.

SOME of the PRINTERS/EDITORS/REPORTERS were kept in that "big hole in the ground" for 2 years, WITHOUT warrant, charges,indictments or even the pretense of a trial, according to the official US Army guide at Ft McHenry.

other members of the "Fourth Estate" were transferred to confinement at Point Lookout DEATH Camp, to Camp Douglas or to Elmira (HELLmira), NY for "preventive detention" and/or for punishment WITHOUT trial, until their death or the end of the war. (MANY perished at those DAMNyankee HELLholes of abuse,torture,intentional starvation,exposure to the weather & by denial of clothing/medical care! SOME members of the press were simply MURDERED, as it was easier & "more convenient" than confining them.)

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i have personally been into the dungeon at Ft McHenry (Baltimore,MD), where "mr. lincoln", the tyrant & war criminal, had his "enemies" from the press incarcerated with no bedding, little food & only enough water to keep them alive

Did your tour of Fort McHenry include the Hospital for Sick Patriotism?

Baltimore, Sept 13 -- The Provost Marshal arrested, in the morning, before daylight, the following distinguished citizens. Mayor Brown, Charles H Pitts, Lawrence Sangston, S. T. Wallis, T. P. Scott and Ross Winans members of the Legislature. F. K. Howard, the editor of the Baltimore Exchange, was also arrested. The whole party were conveyed to the Hospital for sick patriotism, located at Fort McHenry. (From the Philadelphia Public Ledger of September, 14, 1861)