xi, [1], 13-633 p. incl. plates, front., plates, ports.
Notes
Other editions published under titles, "Battle field and prison pen," "Through the war and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons."
Contents
Contents : The Overt Act of Treason and It's effect North and South --- Advance of the Grand Army From Washington and It's Defeat at Bull Run --- Departure of McClellan's Army For the Peninsula --- Advance of McDowell From Washington --- The Seven Days Fight On the Peninsula -- My First Capture --- Army of The Potomac and McClellan's Defence of The Capital --- Extravagant Errors, Halleck and Stanton In Control --- General Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania and The Battle of Gettysburg --- Northern Campaign, Confederate Authorities Desperate --- Battle of The Wilderness , Our Capture and Recapture --- Advance of Grant's Forces -- Andersonville --- Hanging of The Thieves --- Enlargement of Our Prison --- Andersonville In August --- Millen Prison --- Florence Prison --- St. John's Gollege Hospital
Summary
The author tells of his experiences in the Civil War, including time spent in Confederate prisons.
The story of the Forty-eighth : a record of the campaigns of the Forty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry during the four eventful years of its service in the war for the preservation of the Union
Pennsylvania Day program at Antietam, Maryland, Antietam Battlefield Commission of Pennsylvania
Description
Program for Pennsylvania Day at Antietam, Maryland dated Saturday, September 17, 1904. The Antietam Battlefield Commission of Pennsylvania had a dedication ceremony in honor of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the position of thirteen Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle during the Civil War. The program details which monuments would be dedicated, the timeline of events for the event, and who would be involved in the ceremony. The national anthem, "America," is written on the back of the program.
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Accession Number
2021.030
Classification
MG0828
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Cataloged by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation. Added to database 07/20/2022.
This volume includes the complete text of two orations made at the reunion as well as a history of the regiment. There are many details concerning the formation, the logistics, and the tasks of the 122d Regiment.
History of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of the rebellion--1862-1863; regimental re-unions, 1885-1906; history of monument
A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution
