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  • The Smoked Yank: A True Story of Andersonville, Escape, and Freedom

    by Melvin Grigsby ...
    Almost more remarkable than having survived the horrors of the Confederate prison at Andersonville is the fact that Melvin Grigsby could 33 years later pen this often hilarious recounting of his experiences in the American Civil War.He does not shy away from descriptions of life as it was in Andersonville. In fact, this is one of the best accounts of life in Rebel confinement. Over 13,000 of the ... Read more

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  • John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

    by John L. Ransom ...
    John Ransom was a 20-year-old Union soldier when he became a prisoner of war in 1863. In his unforgettable diary, Ransom reveals the true story of his day-to-day struggle in the worst of Confederate prison camps--where hundreds of prisoners died daily. Ransom's story of survival is, according to Publishers Weekly, "a great adventure ... observant, eloquent, and moving." ... Read more

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  • Rebel Private: Front And Rear: Memoirs Of A Confederate Soldier

    by William A. Fletcher ...
    "The recent rediscovery of Rebel Private: Front and Rear, effectively lost for decades, marks an authentic publishing event in the literature of the Civil War. A rare insight into the conflict from the point of view of a Confederate army enlisted man, this compelling memoir has been hailed by historians as a classic and indispensible key to understanding the Southern perspective. Margaret Mitchell ... Read more

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  • An American Book of Golden Deeds

    by James Baldwin ...
    An American Book of Golden Deeds, by James Baldwin, and published by American Book Company, New York, 1907.Forty four short and inspiring stories of heroism and personal sacrifice made by Americans for the benefit of their community or their country. Most of the subjects of these stories are everyday citizens rather than famous leaders but their noble deeds are worthy of note.James Baldwin (1841 ... Read more

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  • Rebel Private

    Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier

    by William Andrew Fletcher ...
    In April 1861 war was declared between the Union and the Confederacy.When the news came it made Fletcher nervous, as he was working but didn’t want to miss his chance to enlist; reaching an agreement, he began his journey the following day.Two years later, on the third day at Gettysburg, Fletcher recalls how he became temporarily afflicted with a “bad case of cowardly horror” following the order ... Read more

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  • Surviving Andersonville

    One Prisoner's Recollections of the Civil War's Most Notorious Camp

    by Ed Glennan ...
    This is a documentary work offering a first-person account of a Union soldier's daily adversity while a prisoner of war from 20 September 1863 to 4 June 1865. In 1891, while a patient at the Leavenworth National Home, Irish immigrant Edward Glennan began to write down his experiences in vivid detail, describing the months of malnutrition, exposure, disease and self-doubt. The first six months ... Read more

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  • Rodney, the Overseer

    A Tale of Morality and Responsibility in the Reconstruction-era South

    by Harry Castlemon ...
    In "Rodney, the Overseer," Harry Castlemon weaves a gripping narrative set against the backdrop of 19th-century America, exploring themes of responsibility, leadership, and moral integrity. The novel follows the journey of young Rodney, who embarks on a transformative experience as an overseer on a burgeoning plantation. Castlemon employs a vivid literary style, characterized by his rich imagery ... Read more

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  • Three Years in Field Hospitals of the Army of the Potomac

    by Anna M. Holstein ...
    Series series The World At War
    Three Years in Field Hospitals of the Army of the Potomac is a memoir written by American nurse and reformer, Mary Phinney von Olnhausen (1828-1902). The book was published in 1867 and chronicles Mary's experiences as a nurse during the American Civil War. Mary Phinney von Olnhausen was born in Massachusetts and was from a wealthy family. During the war, she volunteered as a nurse for the Union ... Read more

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  • Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War

    by Basil Wilson Duke, Thomas Henry Hines, Frank E. Moran ...
    Military buffs and penologists are in for a treat with this awesome anthology of famous skirmishes and prison escapes from the American Civil War, which includes a look at the events surrounding Morgan’s Raid and the notorious Libby Prison Escape (which saw over 100 Union POW’s break out of a Confederate Army camp). There is also War Diary of a Union Woman in the South, The Locomotive Chase in ... Read more

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  • A Lieutenant at Eighteen

    by Oliver Optic ...
    pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN is the third of the series of The Blue and the Gray – on Land. The stirring events of thirty-four years ago, when the first gun of the Great Rebellion awoke the nation from its slumber of thirteen years of peace, transformed the older boys of the day into men. Thousands of them who ... Read more

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  • With Fire and Sword

    Enriched edition. A Tale of Turmoil, Loyalty, and Honor in Civil War America

    by S. H. M. Byers, Scott Berry ...
    In S. H. M. Byers' captivating historical novel, "With Fire and Sword," readers are transported to a tumultuous period marked by warfare and moral ambiguity. Set against the backdrop of the 17th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the narrative intricately weaves through the lives of its protagonists, who navigate quests for loyalty and justice amidst conflict. Byers employs a rich, lyrical ... Read more

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  • Simple Story Of A Soldier

    Life And Service in the 2d Mississippi Infantry

    by Samuel W. Hankins ...
    Series series Fire Ant Books
    The camp, battle, and prison experiences of a common soldierThis fast-paced memoir was written in 1905 by 61-year-old Samuel W. Hankins while he was living in the Soldiers Home in Gulfport, Mississippi. It vividly details his years as a Confederate rifleman from the spring of 1861, when at a mere sixteen years of age he volunteered for the 2d Mississippi Infantry, through the end of the war in ... Read more

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