Bibliograph

Life and death in Civil War prisons, the parallel torments of Corporal John Wesley Minnich, C.S.A. and Sergeant Warren Lee Goss, U.S.A., J. Michael Martinez

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Life and death in Civil War prisons, the parallel torments of Corporal John Wesley Minnich, C.S.A. and Sergeant Warren Lee Goss, U.S.A., J. Michael Martinez

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-262) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Life and death in Civil War prisons

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

53361220

Responsibility statement

J. Michael Martinez

Sub title

the parallel torments of Corporal John Wesley Minnich, C.S.A. and Sergeant Warren Lee Goss, U.S.A.

Table Of Contents

The fires of sectional hatred -- Surrendering just then was not on my program -- The black and reeking pits -- He is lost, indeed, who loses hope -- The exigencies of the moment -- We were ushered into what seemed to us hades itself -- Too much fuss over a very small matter -- The grave question of escape -- That most terrible of afflictions : hunger -- Sickness and death were inevitable accompaniments -- Crazy with the idea of freedom and home -- It's twelve o'clock and all is well, and old Jeff Davis is gone to hell! -- Loathsome bones of a sad and lamentable past -- The terribleness of the sufferings -- The last bugle call

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