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1 online resource |
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Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction by David A. Ranzan; One. September 1863 to March 1864; Two. March to October 1864; Three. October to June 1865; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
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This is a documentary work offering a first-person account of a Union soldier's daily adversity while a prisoner of war from 20 September 1863 to 4 June 1865. In 1891, while a patient at the Leavenworth National Home, Irish immigrant Edward Glennan began to write down his experiences in vivid detail, describing the months of malnutrition, exposure, disease and self-doubt. The first six months Glennan was incarcerated at Libby and Danville prisons in Virginia. On 20 March 1864, Glennan entered Camp Sumter, located near Andersonville, Georgia. He reminisced about the events of his eight-month ca. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Glennan, editor, 1840-1924.
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Andersonville Prison -- Biography.
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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 42nd (1861-1865)
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Andersonville Prison. |
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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 42nd (1861-1865) |
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American Civil War (1861-1865) |
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1861-1865 |
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Prisoners of war -- Georgia -- Andersonville -- Biography.
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Prisoners. |
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Prisoners of war. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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Andersonville (Ga.) -- Biography.
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Georgia -- Andersonville. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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Personal narratives.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781476605760 : $35.00 |
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1476605769 : $35.00 |
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