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1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations |
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Situation of Plymouth -- The garrison; ports and naval Fleet -- Sabbath attack of the 17th of April -- First appearance of cavalry pickets in town -- The Federal Forces holding the town; attack upon Fort Gray -- Wives of loyal North Carolinians sent to Roanoke Island -- Wounding of Captain Burke -- Effect of National Airs at the Breastworks -- Sinking the Southfield -- The Rebels charge upon Plymouth Redoubts -- Gen. Hoke demands surrender; the Federal officer refuses, and the capture of his men is the result -- March to Secessia; Camping-ground at night -- Treatment of the 35th N.C. Regiment, as Guards -- Arrival at Williamstown, N.C. The soldiers send letters North, entrance into the yard of a man who had taken the oath of allegiance to Uncle Sam -- Reflections the first Sabbath after the capture -- The ranks searched for Rebel deserters -- Yankee trades to satisfy hunger -- Prisoners sent to Goldsboro, N.C. -- The remainder sent from Tarboro -- Miserable fare at Wilmington -- Immense fire kindled by a soldier -- The first of May in Charleston -- Reception of the "Plymouth Pilgrims" -- The Georgia Central Railroad; arrival at Macon, -the Regiment reach Andersonville; manner in which they were classed and divided -- Fearful spectacle on entering the prison -- Rations; efforts to procure shelter; Death's exchange -- Warnings of the old prisoners concerning the "Dead Line," -- Gen. Cobb's Visit of Inspection; plan of escape; blood-hounds put upon their track -- Narrow escape from death -- The lawless gang, called "Mosby's Raiders," in prison -- The lifeless bodies of ten men lying at the gate -- A sick man's bath in the prison stream -- Demonstration at a sham fight -- Treatment of prisoners by Rebels and Federals contrasted -- The cruel suspicions forced upon men -- True spirit of the Union soldiers -- Hopes excited by the promise of exchange -- Account of the Battle between Grant and Lee by the "Macon Telegraph" -- A Rebel Officer calling for a Sergeant who could write his name -- The thirteen in a hospital tent -- Rebel forces sent to Dalton to oppose Sherman -- Arrival of prisoners; slight attention to comfort -- The Rebels discover a Tunnel; threats in consequence -- A secret organization to devise new plans of escape -- A picnic among the "Johnnies" -- New prisoners robbed by the prison marauders -- Richmond history, called "The Second Year of the War" -- The messenger rainbow -- Sabbath in Rebel prison -- A cripple shot for going inside the "Dead Line" -- Death again in the tent of the thirteen; a prayer meeting -- Punishment for violation of orders -- Captured men from Resaca -- Enlargement of the prison limits -- The stockade undermined -- Disclosure of the plot to Capt. Wirtz -- Notice of Captain posted upon the prison Gate -- The men from Grant's Army robbed of coats, blankets, and Haversacks -- Energy of character necessary for the prisoner -- Rebel effort and Yankee ingenuity |
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Prisoners from Butler's and Grant's Army, with the dog "Trip" -- A Yankee traitor -- Confidential talk with a Union man -- A man buried alive ; two men wounded; Gen. Sturgis -- Gold news from New York; Corporal B -- Reward for shooting a soldier -- How the remedies for the sick were obtained -- July 7th, the promised Day of Exchange -- Prisoners who had been robbed, sent to Gen. Winder for settlement -- Going for wood; story of the lost knife -- An exciting robbery; one man killed -- The Rebel Quartermaster and Limber Jim -- Completion of the addition to the stockade -- Night efforts of the prisoners to obtain fuel -- A school for patience -- Discouragement leading to insanity -- Prison celebration of July 4th -- Visit of the Catholic priest -- Meeting by the Brook-side -- Death of J. Hoskins -- Suffering for the want of good water -- Sentence of death by hanging; escape of one of the Victims; His Recapture |
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Building a mud Stove; Capt. Wirtz declaring a new outbreak disclosed -- Sudden marshaling of the Rebel forces -- Preaching by Elder Shephard -- Last Hours of D, of the 16th Regiment -- A Petition of the prisoners, urging the President and Governors of States to procure release for them -- Within and without -- Men caught while at work in a tunnel -- Bartering a gold pen for food -- A vote upon the "Petition'' called for -- Early's cavalry prisoners -- White flags -- Attempt to entice prisoners to make shoes for the Confederate Government -- Conversation with one of the Rebel Guard -- Peculiarities of Southern dialect -- Views of a Kentucky surgeon upon slavery -- Service of a Confederate chaplain -- Thunder storms -- Victim of Insanity in the prison stream; Various Forms of Derangement -- A Living man devoured by maggots -- Lines on a blank leaf of a Bible -- Sentiments of a "Secesh " Young Lady as written to her Lover -- The Rebel Flag -- Lieut. Strains and his party -- Organization of the Regimental Church -- Corporal Flower, of Hartford, Ct. -- A Prisoner accidentally shot -- A terrific rain storm -- Risking life to obtain wood -- Confidence in the Government -- Human nature as manifest in the Confederacy; taunts of a certain Officer of the Day -- Intensity of Home Longings -- Jimmy B, of Company A |
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Photographic artists from Macon -- The appearance of scurvy -- Joy at news of the arrival of northern letters -- Effect of peace sensation stories -- Sickness of Capt. Wirtz; character of his successor -- Visit of a Confederate Captain -- Personal attack of scurvy -- New regime instituted by Lieut. Davis -- Rebel boastings of prison representatives -- Queries upon conditions of exchange -- Return of the prison Commandant -- Kind act of Gen. Winder -- Demise of Orderly Sergeant L, of Co. C -- Desire of the prisoner to die at home -- The Day of deliverance hailed with Joy -- The dying message of Evans -- Loyal North Carolinians "Flanking out;" orders to be ready for moving -- Sorrowful thoughts induced by leaving -- Wide felt interest in the hospital -- Its situation at Andersonville -- Reluctance of the men to enter so wretched a place -- The miserable condition of the sick -- A Sacrifice seemingly useless -- Loyal men treated like convicts -- Character of physicians -- The sick-call -- A prisoner shot while warming himself -- Cruel manifestation of selfishness -- Rations for the sick -- Living skeletons?variety of disease -- Fearful working of gangrene -- The sick men tormented with vermin -- Rebel testimony respecting hospital treatment -- Tenacity of life -- Incident in the life of D.S. Birdsell -- The Dead-House -- Marking and numbering the dead; manner of carrying them out |
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Place of burial -- Want and woe leaving devotion to the Union cause unimpaired -- Departure from prison -- Delight at beholding the green earth again -- The soldiers' reception at Augusta; kindness of Mrs. O'Donnell -- Interview with a Rebel soldier -- Entrance into Charleston; the men told it was but a hurried -- removal -- The race course appropriated as camp ground -- Disappointment of the men; a new organization -- No escape from the " Dead Line'' -- Call of a Rebel officer for volunteers to do service for them -- Sisters of Charity -- My admission into the hospital -- The reasonings of faith to inspire courage -- Act that savored of inhumanity to the men -- A scene in the room for amputation -- The Rebel Sutler and his prices -- A Rebel Soldier's Disobedience of orders -- Anecdote of the young surgeon -- Union song -- Shelling of the city by Union soldiers -- Appearance of the Yellow Fever; humorous incident -- Journey to Florence; story of the man who feigned death -- The darkie woman and her bread -- Night entrance into Florence ; emotions at sight of the stockade -- Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy -- Admission to the Florence Hospital through Dr. Strother -- Detailed as Hospital Steward; signing Parole of Honor -- Sentiments of Assistant Surgeon, Junius O'Brien -- Supplies from the Sanitary Commission -- Insufficiency of medicines -- Dr. Garrett and the Plantation Burials |
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The Doctor who was an original signer of the Secession Act -- Exchange of cotton for potatoes -- Excitement at the Presidential -- election?ballots and beans -- Barbarous punishment at Florence for attempting to escape -- O'Brien's instructions to the prisoners -- Amusing trade of a." Johnnie" -- Employment of slaves -- Religious element of the negro -- Character of their songs ; Rev. Mr. Gardner, of the 135th Ohio Regiment, a Victim of Death -- Sad reduction of rations at the hospital -- Cruelty of Lieut. Barrett -- Thanksgiving Day as a prisoner -- Signing the parole -- A stolen interview of two Rebels -- Introduction to Savannah; A wealthy cotton factor ; The Pie Woman -- Saying of Dr. Orme to Steward Reed, of the 12th N.T. Regiment, as he was leaving -- What was felt at sight of the Old Flag -- Receiving and clothing Ship -- The Feeding Ship Crescent -- Manifestations of joy by the released prisoners -- Meeting with a Naval vessel -- Weighing anchor at Annapolis -- Situation of Libby; its name synonomous with terror -- Abusive treatment -- Men shot for looking through the window -- Description by E. Kirke -- Associations of Castle Thunder -- The distinction made by Southerners between gentlemen and common people -- Glimpse at Belle Isle Story of Howard Leedom -- Men frozen to death -- The natural consequences of war -- Original design of Salisbury Prison -- Testimony of Mr. Richardson -- Description of it as viewed by Mr. Brown -- Imperfect Idea of Southern imprisonment -- Raleigh a comparatively Favored Place -- Kind Attention of the Union Ladies -- Surroundings of Millen Prison -- Number confined there -- The fearful mortality of the place -- Rations?their quantity and quality ; inducements to join the Confederacy -- Excitement at the Presidential election -- Humanity of the guards ; barbarous act of a Rebel surgeon -- Reason for a hurried removal -- The country's sacrifice |
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"No chapter in the history of our unhappy civil war, is so well calculated to enlist the sympathies of the people, as the one enumerating the sorrows of our brave soldiers who have been so unfortunate as to fall into the hands of the enemy, as prisoners of war. In the preparation of the present volume, we have had an eye, not so much to a literary production, as to a simple, truthful story of prison life; one which the survivors thereof should recognize as just, and the people of the country could accept as reliable and honest. The author has gone fully into detail of every-day life at Andersonville, as here was the spot where the climax of rebel barbarity was reached. It was the original design to have adopted a similar plan with reference to some other prominent Prisons, but on consultation with different parties who had been discharged from these various points, it was found to be substantially the same, and would therefore be only repetition. The short sketches which we give of these, will enable the public to form a correct idea of the general system of treatment applied by the rebels to our soldiers who fall into their hands as prisoners. The spirited and striking illustrations which were obtained expressly for these pages; the plans of prisons, &c., &c., are executed in a credible style, and form an attractive feature of the whole. As the author had only a short furlough of thirty days, it became necessary to obtain a person accustomed to such work to prepare the manuscript for the press, and attend to the reading of the proof. In changing the style of the journal to a running narrative, the language is often different from the original, but the facts are strictly observed"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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"Prepared from his daily journal; to which is added as full sketches of other prisons as can be given without repetition of the above, by parties who have been confined therein." |
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Online resource (HathiTrust, HeinOnline, October 12, 2022) |
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Andersonville Prison.
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Florence Prison (S.C.)
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Andersonville Prison fast |
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Florence Prison (S.C.) fast |
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American Civil War
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Prisoners of war
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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United States
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History
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