Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War By: Frank E. Moran
First Page: [Illustration: QUESTIONING A PRISONER.] FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR [Illustration] NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1913 Copyright 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1893, by THE CENTURY CO. CONTENTS PAGE WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH 1 THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE IN GEORGIA 83 A ROMANCE OF MORGAN'S ROUGH RIDERS 116 COLONEL ROSE'S TUNNEL AT LIBBY PRISON 184 A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL OUT OF DIXIE 243 ESCAPE OF GENERAL BRECKINRIDGE 298 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE QUESTIONING A PRISONER Frontispiece THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE 85 GENERAL JOHN H. MORGAN 117 MAP OF THE MORGAN RAID 118 THE FARMER FROM CALFKILLER CREEK 123 GENERAL DUKE TESTS THE PIES 125 HOSPITALITIES OF THE FARM 131 LOOKING FOR THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE VAN 137 CORRIDOR AND CELLS IN THE OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY CAPTAIN HINES'S CELL 161 EXTERIOR OF THE PRISON EXIT FROM TUNNEL 163 WITHIN THE WOODEN GATE 167 OVER THE PRISON WALL 171 "HURRY UP, MAJOR!" 175 CAPTAIN HINES OBJECTS 178 COLONEL THOMAS E. ROSE 185 A CORNER OF LIBBY PRISON 187 LIBBY PRISON IN 1865 189 MAJOR A.G. HAMILTON 191 LIBBY PRISON IN 1884 197 LIBERTY! 223 FIGHTING THE RATS 230 SECTION OF INTERIOR OF LIBBY PRISON AND TUNNEL 233 GROUND PLAN OF LIBBY PRISON AND SURROUNDINGS 235 LIEUTENANTS E.E. SILL AND A.T. LAMSON 255 WE ARRIVE AT HEADEN'S 263 THE ESCAPE OF HEADEN 271 GREENVILLE JAIL 277 PINK BISHOP AT THE STILL 283 ARRIVAL HOME OF THE BAPTIST MINISTER 285 SURPRISED AT MRS. KITCHEN'S 291 THE MEETING WITH THE SECOND OHIO HEAVY ARTILLERY 295 SAND AS A DEFENSE AGAINST MOSQUITOS 307 SEARCHING FOR TURTLES' EGGS 310 THROUGH A SHALLOW LAGOON 313 EXCHANGING THE BOAT FOR THE SLOOP 315 OVER A CORAL REEF 325 A ROUGH NIGHT IN THE GULF STREAM 331 FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH EDITED BY G.W. CABLE The following diary was originally written in lead pencil and in a book the leaves of which were too soft to take ink legibly. I have it direct from the hands of its writer, a lady whom I have had the honor to know for nearly thirty years. For good reasons the author's name is omitted, and the initials of people and the names of places are sometimes fictitiously given. Many of the persons mentioned were my own acquaintances and friends. When, some twenty years afterward, she first resolved to publish it, she brought me a clear, complete copy in ink. It had cost much trouble, she said; for much of the pencil writing had been made under such disadvantages and was so faint that at times she could decipher it only under direct sunlight. She had succeeded, however, in making a copy, verbatim except for occasional improvement in the grammatical form of a sentence, or now and then the omission, for brevity's sake, of something unessential. The narrative has since been severely abridged to bring it within magazine limits... Continue reading book >>

Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War By: Frank E. Moran

First Page:

[Illustration: QUESTIONING A PRISONER.]

FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR

[Illustration]

NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO.

1913

THE CENTURY CO.

CONTENTS

PAGE

WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH 1

THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE IN GEORGIA 83

A ROMANCE OF MORGAN'S ROUGH RIDERS 116

COLONEL ROSE'S TUNNEL AT LIBBY PRISON 184

A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL OUT OF DIXIE 243

ESCAPE OF GENERAL BRECKINRIDGE 298

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

QUESTIONING A PRISONER Frontispiece

THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE 85

GENERAL JOHN H. MORGAN 117

MAP OF THE MORGAN RAID 118

THE FARMER FROM CALFKILLER CREEK 123

GENERAL DUKE TESTS THE PIES 125

HOSPITALITIES OF THE FARM 131

LOOKING FOR THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE VAN 137

CORRIDOR AND CELLS IN THE OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY CAPTAIN HINES'S CELL 161

EXTERIOR OF THE PRISON EXIT FROM TUNNEL 163

WITHIN THE WOODEN GATE 167

OVER THE PRISON WALL 171

"HURRY UP, MAJOR!" 175

CAPTAIN HINES OBJECTS 178

COLONEL THOMAS E. ROSE 185

A CORNER OF LIBBY PRISON 187

LIBBY PRISON IN 1865 189

MAJOR A.G. HAMILTON 191

LIBBY PRISON IN 1884 197

LIBERTY! 223

FIGHTING THE RATS 230

SECTION OF INTERIOR OF LIBBY PRISON AND TUNNEL 233

GROUND PLAN OF LIBBY PRISON AND SURROUNDINGS 235

LIEUTENANTS E.E. SILL AND A.T. LAMSON 255

WE ARRIVE AT HEADEN'S 263

THE ESCAPE OF HEADEN 271

GREENVILLE JAIL 277

PINK BISHOP AT THE STILL 283

ARRIVAL HOME OF THE BAPTIST MINISTER 285

SURPRISED AT MRS. KITCHEN'S 291

THE MEETING WITH THE SECOND OHIO HEAVY ARTILLERY 295

SAND AS A DEFENSE AGAINST MOSQUITOS 307

SEARCHING FOR TURTLES' EGGS 310

THROUGH A SHALLOW LAGOON 313

EXCHANGING THE BOAT FOR THE SLOOP 315

OVER A CORAL REEF 325

A ROUGH NIGHT IN THE GULF STREAM 331

FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR

WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH

EDITED BY G.W. CABLE

The following diary was originally written in lead pencil and in a book the leaves of which were too soft to take ink legibly. I have it direct from the hands of its writer, a lady whom I have had the honor to know for nearly thirty years. For good reasons the author's name is omitted, and the initials of people and the names of places are sometimes fictitiously given. Many of the persons mentioned were my own acquaintances and friends. When, some twenty years afterward, she first resolved to publish it, she brought me a clear, complete copy in ink. It had cost much trouble, she said; for much of the pencil writing had been made under such disadvantages and was so faint that at times she could decipher it only under direct sunlight. She had succeeded, however, in making a copy, verbatim except for occasional improvement in the grammatical form of a sentence, or now and then the omission, for brevity's sake, of something unessential. The narrative has since been severely abridged to bring it within magazine limits... Continue reading book >>

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