Author: Stephan SchwartzPublisher:
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Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Twenty-two Months a Prisoner of War
Author: Stephan SchwartzPublisher:
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Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Twenty-two Months a Prisoner of War, a Narrative of Twenty-two Months Imprisonment by the Confederates in Texas... April, 1861 to Feburary, 1863
Author: Stephan SchwartzPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 221
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Twenty-Two Months a Prisoner of War
Author: Stephan SchwartzPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331402445
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Excerpt from Twenty-Two Months a Prisoner of War: A Narrative of Twenty-Two Months' Imprisonment by the Confederates, in Texas, Through General Twiggs' Treachery, Dating From April, 1861, to February, 1863 I am not a writer of romances, histories, travels or metrical compositions, but a plain United States sol dier, and better able to handle the gun than the quill. My narrative will deal with the long time of twenty two months in captivity, in the hands of the Rebels, in Texas, which comes clear to my memory, although the interval between that time is already twenty-eight years. In my leisure hours, meditating upon the dark ness of the past, I find it a pleasure in writing this short story of prison life, and will narrate it in the same manner as if I were telling it to some of my acquaintances, or fellow-comrade soldiers, while sitting around a camp fire. Further, I vouch that everything related herein is strictly true, with the exception of the exact names of persons, places and dates, which may have slipped my memory, during the long time that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Twenty-Two Months a Prisoner of War. a Narrative of Twenty-Two Months' Imprisonment by the Confederates, in Texas, Through General Twigg's Treachery, Dating from April, 1861, to February 1863
Author: Stephen SchwartzPublisher:
ISBN: 9780598397898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Twenty-two Months a Prisoner of War
Author: Stephan SchwartzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 221
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The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: Louise A. Arnold-FriendPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: US Army Military History Research CollectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Twenty-Two Months a Prisoner of War; a Narrative of Twenty-Two Months' Imprisonment by the Confederates, in Texas, Through General Twigg's Treachery
Author: Stephan SchwartzPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230280325
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXII. BELOW HALF RATIONS. This is one of Captain Holmes' sweet revenges. The 31st of December was ration-day, but instead of issuing us our regular ration of coffee, sugar, hominy, vinegar, candles, soap, salt, pepper, etc., we had to be content with half rations. For instance, eight pounds of coffee was at that time the allowance for a hundred rations, and twelve pounds of sugar, eighteen ounces of flour, etc., per day, but as a substitute for coffee, they issued us four pounds of rye, six pounds of sugar, four pounds of hominy, vinegar none, candles none, soap none, and very little salt and pepper, and to cap it, the coarsest kind of corn meal instead of flour. We tried our best to obtain satisfaction, but altogether in vain. As we expected this treatment would last only for a short time, we tried to make the best of it for the time being, hoping that Captain Holmes might have some few grains of humane feeling left in him, and that he was only trying to show the power he had over us prisoners; we still bore up, hoping for a change. Ration-day after ration-day followed, but always the same rations; at last they made a little change by issuing us as a substitute for rye -- barley. In the month of May, 1862, we suffered the most from want of sustenance. Our daily food was beef and " corndodgers," neither rye, barley nor salt did we receive during this month. At one time, while a number of us were sitting together, I made the remark, that comething must be done to save ourselves from becoming dirty, and to preserve our health. We decided the first thing on the programme was to try and make soap. All of us then went to work, gathering the necessary substance -- bones, offals, waste meat, etc. We commenced the manufacture of soft...
Catalogue of Library of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Page Nicholson...
Author: John Page NicholsonPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
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