Description: Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 inches) 283 pages, illustrated with four images taken from photographs of Union Soldiers, after their imprisonment at Belle Isle, showing their malnurishment, and mistreatment; and a map of the prison at Andersonville, Georgia. Good condition, in original pebble cloth binding showing some fading, with the title embossed in gilt on the front cover framed with blind rules, and similarly, title in blind on the back cover; also framed within blind rules (shelf wear at top and bottom of spine, with small loss of cloth, but not affecting contents). Based on first hand accounts, and offered as evidence; including a section on "Evidence Relating to United States Stations For Rebel Prisoners." The Supplement deals specifically with the "Sufferings of the Prisoners at Andersonville, GA." According to Nevins, Civil War Books, A Critical Bibliography, page 204: "A highly partisan work that exaggerates the horrors of Richmond prisons and the comforts of Northern ones."
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Location: Los Angeles, California
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover, Pebble Cloth
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Publisher: "Printed for the Sanitary Commission by King & Baird, Prs."
Subject: Details of Prisoner of War Camps During the Civil War
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1864
Language: English
Illustrator: Photographs, and a Map
Special Attributes: Original of This Edition
Region: North America
Topic: Treatment of Prisoners During The American Civil War
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: American History
