Item #406602 Battle Field and Prison Pen. John W. URBAN.
Battle Field and Prison Pen

Battle Field and Prison Pen

N.p. Edgewood Publishing Company, 1882. 8vo. xi, 486, [4] pages. Frontispiece, plates. Publisher's decorated cloth. Provenance: Prof. Skinner, University of Michigan (contemporary inscriptions on endleaves). Worn, hinges cracked, a few internal stains. Item #406602

"A Graphic Recital of Personal Experiences throughout the Whole Period of the Late War for the Union--during which the Author Was Actively Engaged in 25 Battles and Skirmishes, Was Three Times Taken Prisoner of War, and Incarcerated in the Notorious Rebel Dungeons, Libby, Pemberton, Andersonville, Savannah, and Others. An Inside View of those Dens of Death, Atrocities Practiced, etc., etc.; in Fact, a Recital of Possibly as Varied and Thrilling Experiences as were Known during All the Wild Vicissitudes of that Terrible four Years of Internecine Strife."

Price: $30.00

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