again, it was very poorly saniti sanitized, filled with cockroaches, poor food and cruel citizens who came by outside to mock the prisoners in their cells. one of the kind of shocking things for the union officers who were kept there is that it was right across the street from city hall. and every day they could see the city politicians out there eating fanciful meals out on the front lawn of the city building while they themselves were starving. one of those who was incarcerated was a lieutenant named freeman boley. we've discussed this man earlier this class. he was the white union officers who surrendered at the battle of the crater. he was nearly lynched by the citizens of petersburg when he was drawn in a parade through the city. boley described the conditions as follows. he said, the cornmeal was sour. and much of it had ground cob. as a result of such food, much sickness resulted. and scurvy soon prevailed among us. i was one of the first attacked. and my flesh rapidly wasted away. my eyes were yellow. my skin dry and feverish and sores broke out. my feet greatly swollen, teeth