Author: John McElroy
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626816379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 765
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To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams. For men who endured the horrors of the Civil War, Andersonville Prison represented an even more terrifying level of hell. The prisoners starved while disease ran rampant. John McElroy was captured in battle and transferred to Andersonville. This is his eye-opening, bestselling account of his imprisonment in a place where one of every four men died.
Author: Herbert Winslow Collingwood
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 9780817310615
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Within the walls of the infamous Andersonville prisoner-of-war camp, a Confederate guard and his Northern captive find their fates intertwined When John Rockwell, a Yankee captive at Andersonville, reaches across the prison's "dead line" to pluck a bunch of violets, Confederate guard Jack Foster is supposed to shoot him. Conflicted over thoughts of Lucy Moore, his girl back home, Foster lowers his gun. Spared, Rockwell lives to escape Andersonville, and Foster is discharged in disgrace. After the war, the paths of the two men are predictably divergent. Foster, as a symbol of the Confederacy, is a burned-out, bitter shell. Rockwell, as an emblem of the North, is thrifty and eager to make something of himself. When Rockwell's ambitions lead him to take charge of a rundown plantation in Foster's native Mississippi, the prisoner and guard find their paths crossing once again. The struggle of these men represents the post-war chasm between North and South and raises issues of forgiveness and renewal.
Author: Raymond F. Baker
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266855163
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Excerpt from Andersonville: The Story of a Civil War Prison Camp There were two entrances to the stockade, both of which were located on the west front. The North Gate stood about 400 feet north of Stockade Branch and the South Gate about 200 feet south of the stream. F rom each gate a street ran eastward through the prison to the opposite wall. South Street, at the South Gate, was used to haul in rations to the prisoners. The street leading from the North Gate was called Market Street (or Broadway on some contemporary maps), and along it the prison sutler and other food merchants set up shops and stalls. Both streets were about 10 feet wide. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John McElroy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Author: John McElroy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781480103900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Considered one of the most horrific prisons in the Civil War, Andersonville is here again in print.From the archives comes the Civil War Classic Library. Dozens of books out of print for years is now back in print for the casual reader and the collector.Now is the time to collect and build a classic library and get them all before they fall out of print forever replaced by digital files.
Author: MacKinlay Kantor
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1628156325
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1524
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Author: James Madison Page
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Looks at Andersonville Prison's commandant during the U.S. Civil War, Confederate Major Henry Wirz, who was arrested and later found guilty on war crimes charges for allowing inhumane conditions and treatment of prisoners of war at the prison.
Author: Gene Hackman
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312363734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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An explosive novel of the Civil War about one man’s escape from a notorious Confederate prison camp---and his dramatic return to save his men. July 1864. Union officer Nathan Parker has been imprisoned at nightmarish Andersonville prison camp in Georgia along with his soldiers. As others die around them, Nathan and his men hatch a daring plan to allow him to escape through a tunnel and make his way to Vicksburg, where he intends to alert his superiors to the imprisonment and push for military action. His efforts are blocked by higher-ups in the military, so Parker takes matters into his own hands. Together with a shady, dangerous ex-soldier and smuggler named Marcel Lafarge and a fascinating collection of cutthroats, soldiers, and castoffs, a desperate Parker organizes a private rescue mission to free his men before it’s too late. Exciting, thoroughly researched, and dramatic, Escape from Andersonville is a Civil War novel filled with action, memorable characters, and vividly realized descriptions of the war’s final year.
Author: John Mcelroy
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331736748
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Excerpt from Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons Chapter IX. Beans or Peas - Insufficiency of Darky Testimony - A Guard Kills a Prisoner Prisoners Tease the Guards - Desperate Outbreak chapter X. The Exchange and the Cause of its Interruption Brief Resume of the Different Cartels, and the Difficulties that Led to Their Suspension chapter XI. Putting in the Time - Rations Cooking Utensils Fiat Soup Spooning - African Newspaper Venders Trading Greenbacks (or Confederate Money - Visit from John Morgan chapter XII. Remarks as to Nomenclature - Vaccination and Its effects-j N Their Characteristics, and their Methods of Operating chapter XIII. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John L. Ransom
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil war
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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