An edition of Andersonville; a story of rebel military prisons (1879)
Andersonville
a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy : a private soldier's experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, and Florence
By John McElroy
Publish Date
1879
Publisher
D. R. Locke
Language
eng
Pages
562
Description:
"McElroy, with a detachment of his regiment, was guarding a supply route to Cumberland Gap when his entire company was captured in a surprise attack one morning during the winter of 1862-63. He and his comrades were taken to Lippy Prison, and from there they were sent to Andersonville. McElroy spent the rest of the war as a prisoner. His story of attempts at escape, of comrades tracked through cypress swamps by packs of vicious dogs, and of the everyday struggle just to stay alive, is one of the great stories of the Civil War"--Jacket.
subjects: Prisoners of war, Prisoners and prisons, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Regimental histories, Illinois cavalry, Soldiers, Personal narratives, Andersonville Prison, Illinois Cavalry. 16th Regiment, 1861-1865, Biography, History, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, 16th Regiment, Fiction, general
People: John McElroy (1846-1929)
Places: Andersonville, Georgia, United States
Times: Civil War, 1861-1865