This is a documentary work offering a first-person account of a Union soldier's daily adversity while a prisoner of war from 20 September 1863 to 4 June 1865. In 1891, while a patient at the Leavenworth National Home, Irish immigrant Edward Glennan began to write down his experiences in vivid detail
Surviving Andersonville one prisoner's recollections of the Civil War's most notorious camp
β Scribed by Glennan, Ed;Ranzan, David A
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 215
- Series
- Historia (E-libro--2014/09)
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
"This is a documentary work offering a first-person account of a Union soldier's daily adversity while a prisoner of war from 20 September 1863 to 4 June 1865. In 1891, while a patient at the Leavenworth National Home, Irish immigrant Edward Glennan began to write down his experiences in vivid detail"--Provided by publisher.;From September 1863 to March 1864 -- March to October 1864 -- October to June 1865.
β¦ Table of Contents
From September 1863 to March 1864 --
March to October 1864 --
October to June 1865.
β¦ Subjects
Biography
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