1865 antique CONFEDERATE US ARMY prisoners CIVIL WAR confederacy CSA 1st ed
This listing is for the original hardcover, cloth over board book, measures approx 5"x7.5" with 399 pages. 1ST EDITION! of:
" LIFE AND DEATH IN REBEL PRISONS
by Robert H. Kellogg, Sgt. Major, 16th Regt. Connecticut Volunteers.
YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK!!! It is filled with 399 very informative pages of the detailed HISTORY OF THE INHUMAN AND BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS BY REBEL AUTHORITIES, INFLICTING TERRIBLE SUFFERING AND FRIGHTFUL MORTALITY, PRINCIPALLY AT ANDERSONVILLE , GA., AND FLORENCE, S. C., describing plans of escape, arrival of prisoners with numerous and varied incidents and anecdotes of prison life .
Illustrated with 13 full page wood-engravings - complete - collated to plate list at front of volume and is dedicated to the WIDOWS, CHILDREN, FATHERS, MOTHERS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. Of the thousand of brave men who have left their homes in the morning of life; sundered family and social ties; abandoned cherished enterprises and business schemes, for the purpose of maintaining the laws of freedom inviolate, and in the faithful performance of their duty, have been captured by the enemy, and down to untimely graves through unparalleled sufferings, is the volume most respectfully dedicated.
CONDITION: See listing description and photos; tight text block; spine ends torn & frayed; edges worn; corners rounded; small stains on rear board; cloth rubbed & dust soiled; small tears on inner edge of front free end-paper; foxing spots, age toning, & small stains throughout contents; small bends in tips of a few corners; other antique wear.
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