During the Civil War (1860’s) the prison was used to incarcerate Confederate prisoners. The conditions were harsh and many soldiers of the Confederacy died in there.
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Remembering Mary Pattison – Irwin / Rope Way
by Gloria Forouzan
Inclines of Allegheny City
Ghosts & Gangsters
by David Rotenstein
Allegheny City Historic Gallery 