Chapters: INTRODUCTION - II. INCIDENTS PRECEDING THE BATTLE - III. DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE - IV. DURING THE SECOND DAY OF THE BATTLE - V. DURING THE THIRD DAY OF THE BATTLE - Vl. AFTER THE BATTLE - VII. HOME - VIII. CONCLUSION.
Mrs L.M. Moorehead wrote this short memoir of the life of her uncle James Pollard Espy. Mr Espy was born in Cumberland County in Pennsylvania in 1785. He trained as a lawyer and taught school for a time, but was best known for his work as a meteorologist. He worked at this for the U.S. War Department and the U.S. Navy. He continued this work at the Smithsonian Institute.Mr Espy developed a theory about the science of cloud formation and how storms were born. He began the use of the telegraph to collect weather data. His book "The Philosophy of Storms " was published in 1841.
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.
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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
The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents : being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time
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.
A story of the Hartman family's immigration to America from Germany, the attack by Indians in their American home, and the abduction of two daughters by native Indians.