Libby, Andersonville, Florence. The Capture, Imprisonment, Escape and Rescue of John Harrold, a Union Soldier in the War of the Rebellion. With a Description of Prison Life Among the Rebels--The Treatment of Union Prisoners--Their Privations and Sufferings
Philadelphia: Wm. B. Selheimer, Printer, 1870. First Edition. Original publisher's cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 132 pages.
A harrowing memoir of a Union soldier's capture and imprisonment in the Confederacy's most notorious prison camps during the Civil War. Harrold finally escaped from Florence Stockade in South Carolina, making his way through swamps and hostile territory until being picked up by General Sherman's advancing troops during his Carolinas Campaign. indeed, Harrold dedicated this volume to Sherman thusly: "Dedicated, with respect and warm feelings to gratitude, to General William T. Sherman, my Deliverer, who rescued me in my flight from the horrible prison pen of Florence, brought me within the lines of the Union Army, and enabled me to reach my home and family in safety."
Harrold's narrative does not describe battles, etc., intentionally leaving that to abler historians. Instead, the importance of his work is in his attempt to give a plain and truthful account of his experiences in Confederate captivity and his escape.
Ref. NEVINS I, p. 193; DORNBUSCH P326.
Bound in brown cloth over boards with upper board titled in gilt, both boards with blind stamped border rules. Some mild fading to covers, light browning to endpapers, with neat small prior owner stamp on front pastedown. Binding and hinges are sound. Overall fine condition.
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