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Author Quest, Richard E., author

Title I held Lincoln : a union sailor's journey home / Richard E. Quest
Published Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2018

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Contents Getting in the fight -- The Wave -- A seasick Wave -- No coal -- The enemy is close by -- A precious rose -- Chicken feed -- Prison -- Escape! -- Through the wall -- On the outside -- Plantations -- Dog ranch -- De Doe is dead?! -- The hunter -- Interrogation -- A night drive -- A Confederate bastille -- Anderson Grimes County Jail -- The Old Pen again -- Deadliest killer -- Making the best of it -- The swamp -- Tied up -- The power of the pen(cil) -- Navigating by the wind -- Parched corn -- Over the river and through the woods -- Bear Swamp -- Confederate potatoes -- Goodbye Texas -- Home Guard and Yankee prisoners -- Old friends? -- Your passes or your life! -- Where is my penknife? -- The last toenail -- A burned bridge -- Chimneys on the horizon -- Lincoln coffee and a civilized bed -- The surprise -- Washington Navy Yard -- I held Lincoln
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-189)
Notes Print version record
Subject Loring, Benjamin, 1824-1902.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
SUBJECT Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination
Loring, Benjamin, 1824-1902
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast
Subject United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography
SUBJECT United States. Navy fast
Subject Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
Escaped prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Armed Forces -- Officers
Assassination
Escaped prisoners of war
Military campaigns
Prisoners of war
Ship captains
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140264
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Calcasieu River (La.) -- History, Military -- 19th century
Subject Louisiana
Louisiana -- Calcasieu River
United States
United States -- Confederate States of America
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781640120549
1640120548
9781640120563
1640120564