1879 Andersonville Civil War Confederate Prisons

1879 Andersonville Civil War Confederate Prisons Illustrated Blackshear Savannah

John McElroy’s ‘Andersonville’ is a rare, post-Civil War-era work on prison life in Civil War prisons and prison conditions, battles and prolonged military struggles, accounts of prisoner struggles, plantation negro slaves, and soldier depression. This work features descriptions of various jails including those in Atlanta, Richmond, and Savannah, Blackshear and Florence.

According to Nevins,

“Well written, gripping, and very detailed; but reliance on memory and bitterness.”

Illustrated with over 150 views of trial scenes, prisons, portraits, and battle scenes!

Item number: #8738

Price: $499

McELROY, John

Andersonville: a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy, a private soldier's experiences in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear and Florence.

Toledo: Published by D.R. Locke, 1879.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xxx, 654, [2]

154 illustrations

References: Nevins I, p.197;

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent.