Civil War & Reconstruction
Civil War
First Union Occupation
Stafford's Jail
Stafford's Jail
Most soldiers would write negative descriptive accounts of Stafford’s courthouse area. The jail, opposite the courthouse, was described by a Union chaplain. “…the jail, which stands in the middle of the road, is a miserable two-story affair, built of rough stone. The lower story is occupied by hogs, and the upper is reached by stairs from the outside.”
