Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
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About This Book
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 Georgia by William Pittenger, Mosby’s ‘Partizan Rangers’ by A. E. Richards, The Escape by Thomas H. Hines, A Hard Road to Travel out of Dixie by W. H. Shelton and Escape of General Breckinridge by John T...
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- FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR
- FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR
- WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH
- EDITED BY G.W. CABLE
- I SECESSION
- II THE VOLUNTEERS—FORT SUMTER
- III TRIBULATION
- IV A BELEAGUERED CITY
- V MARRIED
- VI HOW IT WAS IN ARKANSAS
- VII THE FIGHT FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING
- VIII DROWNED OUT AND STARVED OUT
- IX HOMELESS AND SHELTERLESS
- X FRIGHTS AND PERILS IN STEELE'S BAYOU
- XI WILD TIMES IN MISSISSIPPI
- XII VICKSBURG
- XIII PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIEGE
- THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE IN GEORGIA
- MOSBY'S "PARTIZAN RANGERS"
- A ROMANCE OF MORGAN'S ROUGH-RIDERS
- THE RAID, THE CAPTURE, AND THE ESCAPE
- I. THE RAID
- II. THE CAPTURE
- III. THE ESCAPE[11]
- COLONEL ROSE'S TUNNEL AT LIBBY PRISON
- A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL OUT OF DIXIE
- ESCAPE OF GENERAL BRECKINRIDGE
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