Prisoner of War - 12 Civil War Memoirs

Twelve Firsthand Civil War Accounts of Captivity, Escape, Survival, and Prison Camp LifeBy James Madison Page, John Azor Kellogg, David W. Stafford, George A. Lawrence, Daniel Avery Langworthy, John Levi Maile, William N. Tyler, W. H. Morgan, John McElroy, Alonzo Cooper, H. Clay Trumbull

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Prisoner of War - 12 Civil War Memoirs gathers twelve firsthand narratives of captivity into a compelling record of the Civil War's human costs. Moving between recollection, documentary testimony, moral reflection, and vivid adventure narrative, the volume illuminates capture, transport, prison discipline, hunger, illness, exchange, escape, and endurance. Its varied prose—from restrained chronicle to emotionally charged reminiscence—belongs to the rich postwar literature through which Americans sought to preserve, interpret, and contest the meaning of the conflict. Particularly striking are the accounts that make the daily routines and precarious solidarities of prison life as consequential as battlefield action. The contributors—James Madison Page, John Azor Kellogg, David W. Stafford, George A. Lawrence, Daniel Avery Langworthy, John Levi Maile, William N. Tyler, W. H. Morgan, John McElroy, Alonzo Cooper, and H. Clay Trumbull—bring distinct personal vantage points to a shared ordeal. Together, their memoirs participate in veterans' commemoration culture and the nineteenth-century effort to transform private suffering into historical witness. Differences in temperament, memory, emphasis, and literary method prevent captivity from becoming a single, simplified story. Recommended for students of the Civil War, trauma, memory, and life writing, this collection offers an exceptional opportunity to read experience comparatively. Its juxtaposed voices broaden the reader's understanding of imprisonment while inviting critical reflection on testimony, resilience, and the making of historical memory.

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GenreHistory, Literary Classics

Length73 hrs 57 mins

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Publish dateJul 31, 2024

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1The Beginner's Guide to American History (Annotated)

2Prisoner of War - 12 Civil War Memoirs

3Capture and Escape: A Narrative of Army and Prison Life

4PREFACE

5CAPTURE AND ESCAPE (pt. 1)

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6CAPTURE AND ESCAPE (pt. 2)

7The True Story of Andersonville Prison

8Preface

9PART I. Andersonville: The Prisoners and Their Keeper (pt. 1)

10PART I. Andersonville: The Prisoners and Their Keeper (pt. 2)

11PART II. Henry Wirz: The Man and His Trial

12In Defense of the Flag: Thrilling experiences during escape from southern prisons

13A True War Story. (pt. 1)

14A True War Story. (pt. 2)

15Border and Bastille

16CHAPTER I.

17CHAPTER III.

18CHAPTER V.

19CHAPTER VI.

20CHAPTER VIII.

21CHAPTER X.

22CHAPTER XI.

23CHAPTER XIV.

24Reminiscences of a Prisoner of War and His Escape

25Preface

26Prison Life in Andersonville

27CHAPTER I.

28CHAPTER IV.

29CHAPTER X.

30The Dispatch Carrier and Memoirs of Andersonville Prison

31The Dispatch Carrier

32Memoirs of Andersonville

33Personal Reminiscences of the War of 1861-5: In Camp—en Bivouac—on the March—on Picket—on the Skirmish Line—on the Battlefield—and in Prison

34PREFACE

35INTRODUCTION

36CHAPTER I Personal—Organization—Roll of Company

37CHAPTER II Enter the Service—Trouble about Arms—Cause of Secession

38CHAPTER III On to Manassas—The Eleventh Regiment—The First Brigade

39CHAPTER IV Battle of Blackburn's Ford—The Battle Begins—The Enemy Driven Back—Incidents of the Battle

40CHAPTER V The Battle of First Manassas—General Johnston to the Rescue—Gen. Kirby Smith Turns the Tide of Battle—The Rebel Yell—The News of Victory—The Enemy Not Pursued—Gathering the Spoils

41CHAPTER VI To Centreville and Fairfax Court House—Picket Close to the Enemy—Exciting Times on Picket—Back to Centreville—The Fight at Drainesville

42CHAPTER VII Fall Back From Centreville—The Peninsula Campaign—Yorktown Line Evacuated—The Battle of Williamsburg—"Give it to Them"—Into a Hot Fire—Colonel Garland Wounded—Incidents of the Battle—Garland and Kemper Promoted

43CHAPTER VIII Back to Richmond—Battle of Seven Pines—The Brigade in Reserve—Into the Fight at Double-Quick—Incidents of the Battle—On the Picket Lines

44CHAPTER IX Seven Days' Fight Around Richmond—Battle of Gaines' Mill

45CHAPTER X Second Manassas and Maryland Campaign—Sharpsburg—Back to Virginia—From Winchester to Culpeper—To Fredericksburg

46CHAPTER XI The Battle of Fredericksburg—Kemper's Brigade in Reserve—Spectacular Scene—Behind Marye's Hill—Sharp-Shooting—At Home—Sad Loss

47CHAPTER XII To Richmond, Chester, and Petersburg—To North Carolina—Back to Virginia, at Suffolk—To Taylorsville—On to Join General Lee

48CHAPTER XIII Pennsylvania Campaign—Gettysburg—Back to Virginia—General Lee and Army of Northern Virginia

49CHAPTER XIV To Taylorsville—At Chafin's Farm—To North Carolina—Marching Through Swamps and Sand—The Capture of Plymouth—Companies C and G Have Serious Experiences—Incidents of the Battle—The Gunboat "Albemarle"—Col. James Dearing Wins Promotion—On to Washington, North Carolina—Newberne Invested

50CHAPTER XV Back to Petersburg, Va.—Beast Butler—The Battle of Drury's Bluff—General Gracie's Courage—Into a Heavy Fire at Close Range—Col. Richard F. Maury—Yankee Brigade Captured—General Whiting's Failure—The Yankee Flags