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My experiences mid shot and shell and in rebel den, a graphic recital of personal experiences throughout the entire civil war

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9155
Author
Urban, John W.
Date of Publication
1882.
Call Number
817 U72m
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Alternate Title
Battle field and prison pen, or Through the war, and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons
Responsibility
By John W. Urban ...
Author
Urban, John W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
For the author,
Date of Publication
1882.
Physical Description
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.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817 U72m
Websites
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Date of Publication
1864.
Call Number
973.781 H387
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Responsibility
pub. by the Committee on Hospitals for the Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H.B. Ashmead, printer,
Date of Publication
1864.
Physical Description
60 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Sketches of army and navy life.
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Contents
Reminiscences of prison life by one of the rank and file -- Soldier life of John W. Whaples -- The father's lament -- Union refreshment saloons, Phila. -- Description of a battle -- What a Union woman suffered -- Died of his wounds
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.781 H387
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Eyewitness to the Civil War : the complete history from secession to Reconstruction

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17925
Date of Publication
c2006.
Call Number
973.7 E97
  3 websites  
Responsibility
edited by Neil Kagan ; narrative by Stephen G. Hyslop ; introduction by Harris J. Andrews.
ISBN
0792262069
9780792262060
9780792252801 (deluxe ed.)
0792252802 (deluxe ed.)
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National Geographic,
Date of Publication
c2006.
Physical Description
416 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-405) and index.
Contents
Prologue : A nation divided -- 1861 : First blood -- 1862 : Total war -- 1863 : Victory or death -- 1864 : Rebels under siege -- 1865 : The final act -- Epilogue : The nation reunited.
Summary
Records the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Civil War through photographs, artifacts, period illustrations, maps, essays by historians, and firsthand accounts.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Pictorial works.
Additional Author
Kagan, Neil.
Hyslop, Stephen G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 E97
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The day of our Abraham, 1811-1899

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Author
Rudisill, James Jefferson,
Date of Publication
1936.
Call Number
926.55 R916
  1 website  
Responsibility
[by] James Jefferson Rudisill ...
Author
Rudisill, James Jefferson,
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
The York Printing Company,
Date of Publication
1936.
Physical Description
3 p. ø., 9-14, [2] p., 1 ø., 13-335, [2], 336-530 p. incl. front. (port) illus., facsim. plates, ports., maps, facsims., coat of arms, fold. geneal. tab. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers; folded genealogical table mounted on back lining-paper.
"There have been 200 copies ... printed--after which the type was destroyed."
Abraham Rudisill was born in Hanover PA on April 14, 1811, and entered the Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church in 1871 at the age of 60. A truly unique personality, he was a soldier throughout the Civil War, including the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also a self-educated scientist who contributed many articles to scientific journals. As much at home with Greek and Hebrew as with English, he was also a scholar and writer - and for a while he published a paper called The Monthly Friend. More information about Abraham, along with many of his letters, can be found at https://www.lycoming.edu/umarch/chronicles/2012/RudisillCombined.pdf.
Subjects
Rudisill, Abraham, - 1811-1899.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
926.55 R916
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Civil War medicine : a patient's account

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14264
Call Number
905.748 PDF v. 26, no.5
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by David A. Rausch.
Physical Description
p. 46 - 48.
Notes
Pennsylvania Folklife, v. 26, no. 5 (Fall 1976 - Summer 1977).
Summary
This periodical article describes the care and treatment of Eli Tarbell following his injury in battle near Atlanta, Georgia. Mr Tarbell enlisted in the Union Army in October 1861 in Pennsylvania. He was injured in May 1864.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Hospitals.
Additional Author
Rausch, David A.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v. 26, no.5
Websites
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