| Description |
248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Andersonville : the prisoners and their keeper. My first soldiering -- A sprint and a capture -- A prisoner at Belle Isle -- From Belle Isle to Andersonville -- Daily life at Andersonville -- The dead-line and the death of "Poll Parrot" -- The Stanton policy -- Execution of the raiders -- The mass meeting of July Twentieth -- The fate of a traitor -- That terrible August -- Billy Bowles gives a dinner in Baltimore -- pt. 2. Henry Wirz : the man and his trial. The facts of Wirz's life -- The accusation against Wirz -- The trial -- The last days of Wirz's life -- Wirz's attorney's final word -- The great war secretary. |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Neale Pub. Co., 1908. |
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"With portraits." |
| Subject |
Page, James Madison, 1839-
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Andersonville Prison.
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Wirz, Henry, 1823?-1865.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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| Added Author |
Haley, M. J. (Michael Joachim), 1846-
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| Added Title |
Defense of Major Henry Wirz |
| ISBN |
1582181470 hardcover |
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1582181462 paperback |
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