Your Online Source for Tennessee Genealogical and Historical Data and Resources! Tennessee Local History Network Page under construction Irving Block Prison Memphis Tennessee   The Irving Block Prison was a Yankee prison during the Civil War.  It was located on the east side of Second Street 30 yards south of Jefferson where there is currently a parking lot.   Sources The Commercial Appeal Sunday October 6, 1996 by Michael Donahue see also: Forrest's Raid on Memphis Your TNLHN State Coordinator is Sharon McCormack Home This nonprofit historical research site is an independent affiliate of The American Local History Network Inc., and is hosted at no charge by USGenNet, Inc., a nonprofit public benefit corporation. No claim is made to the copyrights of individual submitters, and this site complies with USGenNet's Nonprofit Conditions of Use. This page was last updated Monday, 26-Apr-2004 03:13:41 CDT placed online April 26, 2004 Graphics Copyright Notice 2001-2004 Tennessee Local History Network All Rights Reserved The graphics on the Tennessee Local History Network web site and associated web pages where the TNLHN web graphics are displayed are copyrighted. The TNLHN graphics are not in the public domain. Please do not take them as your own graphics. Thank you!