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Gratiot Street, St. Louis’ Civil War Prison, and the Life and Times of Absalom Grimes

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There are currently 1100+ Confederate Soldiers buried just south of St. Louis at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Where did they come from? How did they come to die here in the City of St. Louis? I’ll tell you how – Gratiot Street Prison, Alton Prison, Myrtle Street Prison – that’s how! Learn what it is […]

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