Personal Narratives of Experience in the Prisons at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Charleston, and Columbia ... with a General Account of Prison Life and Prisons in the South During the War of the Rebellion, including Statistical Information Pertaining to Prisoners of War; Together with a List Of Officers Who Were Prisoners Of War From January 1, 1864
by Isham, Asa, Henry M. Davidson and Lyman A. Furness
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Cincinnati, OH: Lyman & Cushing, 1890. First edition. Leather Bound Hardcover. Good. Tall, thick octavo in original brown leather with 4 raised bands, and black label with titles in gilt. Scuffing and scratches to boards. Some wear and chipping at head of spine. A bit of soiling at top of textblock. Front joint weak but attached, rear joint worn but in better condition. Endpapers browned at edges. Stamped name of former owner on front & rear pastedowns. First & second free endpapers have a small tear at bottom edge. 571 p. w/ illus., index. list of prisoners. Complete, 18 full page plates and one fold out map of Andersonville with a spot near the edge and some creases at edges, as well as many small illustrations set in among the text. . An uncommon, important, and comprehensive record of Union prisoners of war in Confederate prisons, an anthology of 2 different narratives (the longer one by Isham) set apart from each other with full page "title" pages, using many sources.
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- Title
- Personal Narratives of Experience in the Prisons at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Charleston, and Columbia ... with a General Account of Prison Life and Prisons in the South During the War of the Rebellion, including Statistical Information Pertaining to Prisoners of War; Together with a List Of Officers Who Were Prisoners Of War From January 1, 1864
- Author
- Isham, Asa, Henry M. Davidson and Lyman A. Furness
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lyman & Cushing
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati, OH
- Date Published
- 1890
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
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