April 12, 2024
1865 Kellogg LIFE AND DEATH IN REBEL PRISONS hb illus Civil War
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Robert H. Kellogg. LIFE AND DEATH IN REBEL PRISONS: Giving a Complete History of the Inhuman and Barbarous Treatment of Our Brave Soldiers by Rebel Authorities, Inflicting Terrible Suffering and Frightful Mortality, Principally at Andersonville, GA., and Florence, S. C. , Plans of Escape, Arrival of Prisoners, with Numerous and Varied Incidents and Anecdotes of Prison Life. Hartford, CT: L. Stebbins, 1865. First edition. Thick 12mo (4-3/4 x 7-1/2 x 1-1/8"), hardbound in decoratively stamped brown cloth boards; frontis illustration and 10 addition illustrations throughout the text; 400pp, including 2pp of publisher's ad bound in back. Includes the unpaginated list titled "The Principal Rebel Prisons and Where Located," bound in after the front matter (frontispiece illustration, title page and publication page (same date), dedication page, typographical "obelisk" sacred memory page, preface, contents, list of illustrations). The author Robert H. Kellogg (1844-1922) was a Sergeant-Major 16th Reg. CT Volunteers, who enlisted at the age of 18, was captured, and survived imprisonment at the notorious Andersonville Confederate Prison. He kept a journal of his horrific experiences there that formed the basis of this book. He was transferred to a stockade at Florence, GA, and wrote of that as well. There are also firsthand accounts included
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