In this carefully researched and compelling revisionist account, William Marvel provides a comprehensive history of Andersonville Prison and conditions within it.
Join author and historian Stacy W. Reaves as she recounts the horrendous conditions of the prison and the tremendous efforts to memorialize the men within.
He omitted Boyle's name from the records to keep him out of any prisoner exchange. Because Boyle had led black troops, the Confederacy refused to recognize ... Private James W. Duncan, with whom Vowles had served at that same prison, ...
Streight's Escape,” National Tribune, 28 February 1907; “Gen. Butler's Department,” New York Times, 16 February 1864, p. 1.] 13. Iohn Hunt Morgan (1825-1864), an Alabamian, organized the Lexington Rifles in 1857 and led them to Bowling ...
Clete Wilson led the way as if anxious to confront Marcel . “ You know anything about Bill's whereabouts ... “ Marcel Lafarge , sir . ... Wilson here says you took a beating at the table last night , we're talking to all the players .
Describes the large Confederate prisoner of war camp in Georgia, known as Camp Sumter or Andersonville, and the harsh conditions that killed many prisoners there during the Civil War.
In this book the reader sees the Civil War through the eyes of four Union soldiers who, although they were all from south central Pennsylvania, experienced the war in radically different ways.
2015 Christy Award winner!
Andersonville Prison: The History of the Civil War's Most Notorious Prison Camp chronicles the history of the Civil War's most infamous prison.
The Southern Side; Or, Andersonville Prison
"Prison Life in Andersonville" With Special Reference to the Opening of Providence Spring