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Top authorsJohn McElroy S. H. M. Byers A. Cooper W. W. Day Henry Harrison Eby John James Geer Augustus C. Hamlin Benjamin F. Hasson Anna M. Holstein John Azor Kellogg

Cover of Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons

Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons

John McElroy

Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons is a first‑hand account of Union soldiers’ suffering in…

Cover of Andersonville diary: Escape, and List of the Dead, with Name, Co., Regiment, Date of Death and No. of Grave in Cemetery

Andersonville diary: Escape, and List of the Dead, with Name, Co., Regiment, Date of Death and No. of Grave in Cemetery

John L. Ransom

Cover of The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape

The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape

Albert D. Richardson

Cover of Prison Life in the Old Capitol and Reminiscences of the Civil War

Prison Life in the Old Capitol and Reminiscences of the Civil War

James J. Williamson

Cover of Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 3

Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 3

John McElroy

In and Out of Rebel Prisons

In and Out of Rebel Prisons

A. Cooper

Cover of Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 1

Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 1

John McElroy

Cover of Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 4

Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 4

John McElroy

Cover of Beyond the Lines; Or, A Yankee Prisoner Loose in Dixie

Beyond the Lines; Or, A Yankee Prisoner Loose in Dixie

John James Geer

Cover of Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 2

Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 2

John McElroy

Cover of With Fire and Sword

With Fire and Sword

S. H. M. Byers

Martyria; or, Andersonville Prison

Martyria; or, Andersonville Prison

Augustus C. Hamlin

Border and Bastille

Border and Bastille

George A. Lawrence

Cover of Three years in field hospitals of the Army of the Potomac

Three years in field hospitals of the Army of the Potomac

Anna M. Holstein

Cover of Lights and shadows in Confederate prisons: A Personal Experience, 1864-5

Lights and shadows in Confederate prisons: A Personal Experience, 1864-5

Homer B. Sprague

Cover of Opium Eating: An Autobiographical Sketch by an Habituate

Opium Eating: An Autobiographical Sketch by an Habituate

Anonymous

Cover of "Prison Life in Andersonville"
With Special Reference to the Opening of Providence Spring

"Prison Life in Andersonville" With Special Reference to the Opening of Providence Spring

John Levi Maile

Cover of Sketches in Prison Camps: A Continuation of Sketches of the War

Sketches in Prison Camps: A Continuation of Sketches of the War

Charles C. Nott

Cover of Observations of an Illinois Boy in Battle, Camp and Prisons—1861 to 1865

Observations of an Illinois Boy in Battle, Camp and Prisons—1861 to 1865

Henry Harrison Eby

Cover of Reminiscences of a Prisoner of War and His Escape

Reminiscences of a Prisoner of War and His Escape

Daniel Avery Langworthy

Cover of Capture and Escape: A Narrative of Army and Prison Life

Capture and Escape: A Narrative of Army and Prison Life

John Azor Kellogg

Cover of Fifteen Months in Dixie; Or, My Personal Experience in Rebel Prisons

Fifteen Months in Dixie; Or, My Personal Experience in Rebel Prisons

W. W. Day

Cover of Escape from the Confederacy

Escape from the Confederacy

Benjamin F. Hasson

History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: A prisoner's diary A paper read at the officers' reunion in Boston, May 11, 1877

History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: A prisoner's diary A paper read at the officers' reunion in Boston, May 11, 1877

Samuel M. Quincy