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"Ohio State Penitentiary" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00019921, (accessed April 30, 2025).

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Prison of the State of Ohio. Located in Columbus, Ohio. Wardens: L. G. Van Slyke (1858-1860), John A. Prentice (1860-1862), Nathaniel Merion (1862-1864), John A. Prentice (1864-1866).

B. F. Dyer, History of the Ohio Penitentiary Annex and Prisoners (Columbus, OH: Ohio Penitentiary Press, 1891).
Dan J. Morgan, Historical Lights and Shadows of the Ohio Penitentiary and the Horrors of the Death Trap (Dan J. Morgan, 1893).

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