"Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War" by William Pittenger, John Taylor Wood, Basil Wilson Duke, Thomas Henry Hines, Frank E. Moran, Orlando B. Willcox, A. E. Richards, W. H. Shelton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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William Pittenger. Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
Table of Contents
I. SECESSION
II. THE VOLUNTEERS—FORT SUMTER
III. TRIBULATION
IV. A BELEAGUERED CITY
V. MARRIED
VI. HOW IT WAS IN ARKANSAS
VII. THE FIGHT FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING
VIII. DROWNED OUT AND STARVED OUT
IX. HOMELESS AND SHELTERLESS
X. FRIGHTS AND PERILS IN STEELE'S BAYOU
XI. WILD TIMES IN MISSISSIPPI
XII. VICKSBURG
XIII. PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIEGE
THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE IN GEORGIA
BY WILLIAM PITTENGER
MOSBY'S "PARTIZAN RANGERS"
BY A.E. RICHARDS
A ROMANCE OF MORGAN'S ROUGH-RIDERS
THE RAID, THE CAPTURE, AND THE ESCAPE
I. THE RAID
BY BASIL W. DUKE
II. THE CAPTURE
BY ORLANDO B. WILLCOX
III. THE ESCAPE[11]
BY THOMAS H. HINES
COLONEL ROSE'S TUNNEL AT LIBBY PRISON
BY FRANK E. MORAN
A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL OUT OF DIXIE
BY W.H. SHELTON
ESCAPE OF GENERAL BRECKINRIDGE
BY JOHN TAYLOR WOOD
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William Pittenger, John Taylor Wood, Basil Wilson Duke, Thomas Henry Hines, Frank E. Moran
Published by Good Press, 2022
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"Well, H.," I questioned, as we walked home after crossing the lake, "can you stand the pressure, or shall you be forced into volunteering?" "Indeed," he replied, "I will not be bullied into enlisting by women, or by men. I will sooner take my chance of conscription and feel honest about it. You know my attachments, my interests are here; these are my people. I could never fight against them; but my judgment disapproves their course, and the result will inevitably be against us."
This morning the only Irishman left in the village presented himself to H. He has been our wood-sawyer, gardener, and factotum, but having joined the new company, his time recently has been taken up with drilling. H. and Mr. R. feel that an extensive vegetable garden must be prepared while he is here to assist, or we shall be short of food, and they sent for him yesterday.
