1870 CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE PRISON TORTURE REBEL SOUTH ANDERSONVILLE SLAVERY OLD

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Civil War Great Rebellion North South Union Confederate Yankee Rebel U.S. CSA Prisons Prisoners of War Prison Life Libby Richmond Danville Macon Savannah Charleston Columbia South Carolina Belle Isle Millen Salisbury Andersonville Georgia Capture Escape Trial Spy New York Volunteer Cavalry Texas Scouts Bull Run Harris Light Cavalry Munson's Hill Arlington Heights Manassas Army of the Potomac Peninsula Army of Northern Virginia Rappahannock Falmouth Fredericksburg Culpepper Battle of Cedar Mountain Peninsular Campaign Brandy Station Aldie Middleburg Upperville Maryland Pennsylvania Gettysburg Rapidan James City Warrenton Jail Gordonsville John Morgan Raider Castle Thunder Charlotte Augusta Georgia Macon Negro Morris Island Swamp Angel Dead Line Captain Wirz Hospital Florence
A BRUTAL DESCENT INTO THE HELLISH REALMS OF CONFEDERATE PRISONS.
GRAPHIC EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF BRUTAL PUNISHMENTS AND SQUALID CONDITIONS.
ENTER SOUTHERN HOUSES OF HORROR RUN BY SADISTIC JAILERS WITH THE POWER TO INFLICT PAIN AND WITHHOLD THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF LIFE.
EXPERIENCE THE REBEL HELLHOLES THROUGH THE EYES OF THE AUTHOR AND OTHER LOST SOULS WHO WERE AMONG THE LUCKY FEW TO EMERGE FROM CONFEDERATE CAPTIVITY ALIVE …
THE CAPTURE, THE PRISON PEN AND THE ESCAPE Giving A Complete History of Prison Life in the South, Principally At Richmond, Danville, Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Belle Isle, Millin, Salisbury, and Andersonville: Describing the Arrival of Prisoners, Plans of Escape, with Numerous and Varied Incidents and Anecdotes of Prison Life; Embracing, Also, the Adventures of the Author’s Escape from Columbia, S.C., Recapture, Subsequent Escape, Recapture, Trial As a Spy, and Final Escape from Sylvania, Georgia. With Illustrations. By Willard W. Glazier, Brevet Captain New York Volunteer Cavalry. Published in 1870 by R.H. Ferguson & Co., New York. 7.5” x 5” cloth hardcover edition. Features full-page illustrations. 400 pages.
Condition: GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. Exterior as shown in photo, some wear at spine ends. Firm binding. Text is clean and complete. Slight foxing. No torn, loose or missing pages.
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This is a vivid, graphic account of the brutal punishments and squalid, inhuman conditions suffered by Union prisoners at the hands of their Confederate jailers. The author contends that the miseries he and other prisoners suffered were part of an orchestrated Confederate plan to permanently break them so that they would never be able to return to battle.
Captain Willard Glazier of the New York Volunteer Cavalry was 22 years old when his horse was shot out from under him at New Baltimore and he was captured by Rebel forces. From the day he was taken prisoner, Glazier kept a secret journal to record the daily details of his incarceration – a manuscript that was later smuggled out of prison and carried North, and which is now reproduced and preserved in this book.
Glazier fought for survival and freedom at every step of his captivity. According to his obituary, printed in the New York Times in 1905:
While in Libby Prison Glazier assisted in the famous “tunnel scheme” but was unable to escape. Transferred to Columbia, he made his escape on November 26, 1864, but was captured by a Confederate outpost on Dec. 15, escaped again on the 16th, was retaken on the same day by a company of Texas Scouts under Gen. Wheeler and was tried as a spy at Springfield on Dec. 17th. He finally escaped from Sylvania, Ga., on Dec. 19th and reached the Federal lines at Savannah on the 23d.
Glazier’s experiences are vividly related in his own words -- through both his journal entries and his recollections. For this book he also recruited fellow survivors of the Confederate prisons to share their own harrowing experiences as inmates of the “prison-pen.”.
In the Foreword he writes:
The following pages are offered to inquiring minds with the hope that they may throw some light upon the inhuman treatment we received in Southern prisons.
They do not pretend to give a complete history of Prison Life in the South – only a part. Others are contributing sketches for the dark picture, which at the best, can but poorly illustrate the fearful atrocities of our brutal keepers.
We are led to conclude by the usage which we have received at the hands of our captors, that it was their deliberate intention to maim, and thereby render us completely unfit for future service. They have seen us, with apparent satisfaction, become so much reduced in clothing as to have scarcely rags for a covering; they have condemned us to hunger and thirst, pain and weariness, affliction and misery in every conceivable form, so that thousands of our unfortunate fellow beings have anxious awaited the approach of the King of Terrors as the arrival of a welcome friend that had come to bring them in happy release …
I had no thoughts of publishing a book until several weeks after my escape. I kept a diary and journal from the time of my capture. Upon reading portions of it to some of my friends, they persuaded me to amplify, and put it in a readable form.
The rough manuscript was, for the most part, written during my imprisonment at Columbia, sitting on the ground, and writing on my knee. Captain Kelly, 1st Kentucky Cavalry, brought a part of that manuscript through the lines by concealing it in the crown of an old regulation hat, which he wore during his escape. I smuggled the remainder through in the lining of my jacket …
THIS 1870 EDITION ALSO FEATURES A 53-PAGE APPENDIX CONTAINING THE NAME, RANK, REGIMENT, AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS OF THE OFFICERS WHO WERE IMPRISONED AT RICHMOND, DANVILLE, MACON, SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON, COLUMBIA, CHARLOTTE, RALEIGH AND GOLDSBOROUGH, 1864-1865. Find an ancestor!
CONTENTS ARE:
CHAPTER ONE: The Author's Enlistment and Service in the Field * Federal Defeat at Bull Run * Northern Patriotism * The President's Call * Organization of the Harris Light Cavalry * Ordered to Washington * Encampment at Munson's Hill * At Arlington Heights * McClellan's Advance to Manassas * Transfer of the Army of the Potomac to the Peninsula * The Harris Light Remains with the Army of Northern Virginia * McDowell's Advance to the Rappahannock * Night Attack at Falmouth * Occupation of Fredericksburg * Raids during the Spring and Summer of 1862 * The Harris Light Ordered to join Gen. Pope's Forces at Culpepper * Battle of Cedar Mountain * The Peninsular Campaign Abandoned * First Cavalry Fight at Brandy Station * Bull Run No. 2 * The Campaign in Maryland and Pennsylvania * Battle of Fredericksburg * Death of Gen. Bayard * Kilpatrick's Raid around Lee's Army * Second Cavalry Engagement at Brandy Station * Fighting the Rebel Gen. Stuart at Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville * Second Campaign in Maryland and Pennsylvania * Gettysburg * Captures on the Night of July 4th * Lee's Retreat to the Rapidan
CHAPTER TWO: The Capture * Situation of the Army of the Potomac in October, 1863 * Gen. Meade thought equal to the Emergency * Action of the Rebels * Gen. Lee's Flank Movement * Cavalry Fight at James City * The Army retires to Manassas * Cavalry Fight at Brandy Station * The Grand Charge * Gallant Conduct of Gens. Kilpatrick and Davies * The Rebel Lines Broken * Kilpatrick joins Buford * A third Engagement anticipated on the old Bull Run Battle-field * Great Alarm caused by the Accidental Burning of an Ammunition Wagon * Preparations for Battle * The Battle of Bristoe * The Federal Arms Victorious * A Reconnoissance * Horses and Men Drowned while Fording Bull Run * Skirmishing with Rebel Cavalry, October 18th * Cavalry Fight at New Baltimore * The Author's Horse shot under him * His Capture and Lodgement in Warrenton Jail * March from Warrenton to Culpepper * Sufferings of the Prisoners * Incidents at Culpepper * Removal to Orange Court House * At Gordonsville * Registering Names * The Guard drunk * An Issue of Rations * Off for Richmond * October 19 to October 23, 1863
CHAPTER THREE: Libby Prison * Arrival in Richmond * Conduct of the Citizens * General Search for Greenbacks and other Valuables at Major Turner's Office * My Diary Saved by passing it to a Friend * How we were Received by the Prisoners * Meeting Officers of my Regiment * Description of the Prison * Character of Major Turner * Exchange Rumors * October 23 to November 8,1863
CHAPTER FOUR: In the Hospital at Libby * My Examination by the Rebel Surgeon * Prevailing Diseases in the Hospital * Character of Physicians * Rations for the Sick * Exchange of Surgeons * Sending Communications to Friends * Thanksgiving Day in Libby * Invisible Ink * The Rebels discover the Secret * Detention of a Love-letter * The Dead House * Sad News from Home * Gen. Bragg's Defeat * Plans for Escape * Amusements * An Escape and its Consequences * Barbarous Treatment of the Sick * November 8 to December 16, 1863
CHAPTER FIVE: Return from the Hospital * An Order from Gen. Winder * More Exchange Rumors * The New Year in Libby * Daily Allowance of Rations * Punishment for Singing our National Songs * Captains Sawyer and Flynn * John Morgan, the Rebel Raider, visits Libby * " The Great Yankee Tunnel" * Plan of Operation * Conveniences for performing the Work * Escape of Prisoners * The Guard in Castle Thunder * Roll-call * Discovery of the Tunnel * Rebel Accounts * Kilpatrick's Attempt to release the Prisoners at Richmond * Death of Col. Dahlgren * Rebel Mode of treating Captives from Kilpatrick's command * The Prison Undermined * A Special Exchange * "Exchange on the Brain" * Arrival of Prisoners from Plymouth, N. C. * Gen. W. H. Wessells * Mosby, the Rebel Guerrilla, visits Libby * Great Commotion in Richmond * Gen. Lee reported to be defeated * Notice from Major Turner to be ready to leave the Prison * Each Man receives a "Corn Dodger" * Farewell to Libby * December 16, 1863 to May 7, 1861
CHAPTER SIX: Arrival at Danville * The Journey * Escapes from the Cars * Firing upon Prisoners * An Attempt to disarm the Guard * Military Importance of Danville * Rations * Sleeping Spoon-fashion * News from the Army * Tunnelling commenced * Gen. Averill's Raid * Joy of the Prisoners * Uneasiness of the Rebels * Once more on the Rail * From Danville to Macon * Meeting Conscripts for Lee's Army * Marching In North Carolina Mud * My Attempt to escape * In Box-cars again * An Unpleasant Situation * Arrival at Charlotte * Singing the "Star-Spangled Banner" * Loyalty of the Citizens * An Issue of Rations * Attempts to escape * Climbing Trees and digging Holes in the Ground * Amusing Incidents * From Charlotte to Columbia, South Carolina * From Columbia to Augusta, Georgia * From Augusta to Macon * May 7th to May 17th,1864
CHAPTER SEVEN: At Macon, Georgia * "Camp Oglethorpe" * Major Turner at Macon * The "Dead Line" * Firing upon a Prisoner * New Arrivals * Rations * Digging Tunnels * Tunnels Discovered by the Rebels * Punishment * Appeal to Capt. Gibbs * Murder of Lieut. Grierson * Rebel Favors * New Tunnels * Plans for Escape Frustrated * Sentinels Instructed to shoot Prisoners * Special Orders No. 6 * Personal Attack of the Scurvy * Fourth of July in the Prison-Pen * Music, Speeches, Toasts, etc. * The Miniature Star-Spangled Banner * The Prison Authorities March in a Battalion of Armed Men and Compel us to Disperse * Special Orders No. 9 * My Illness * Selling Buttons to save Life * Removal of Prisoners * May 17 to July 29, 1864
CHAPTER EIGHT: Savannah, Georgia * " Camp Davidson " * Gen. Stoneman's Raid * Kind Treatment at Savannah * A Comparison of Rebel Prisons * Better Rations * Brick Ovens * Tunnelling * Our Scheme Exposed by a Cow * Joy without Death within the Stockade * Inhumanity of Col. Wayne * " Nothing but a Damned Yankee " * Kindness of Ladies * Amusements * The pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties * Off for Charleston * July 29 to September 12,1864
CHAPTER NINE: At Charleston * "Under Fire" * Arrival in the City * Our March Down Coming Street * In the Jail Yard * Charleston Jail and its Inmates * Sufferings of the Negro Prisoners * A Friend * Inclined to be Distrustful * An act of True Nobleness * Genuine Patriotism * A Higher Language than the Written * The Last Visit * Negro Melodies * Meeting Prisoners from Andersonville * Their Stories * The Ground a Mass of Lice * Awful Condition of the Hospital * Great Suffering * Living Death * Doherty's description * A Captain Recognizes a Member of his Company just at the Point of Death * Prisoners Die after being told they are not in need of Medical Treatment * A Thunder Storm * Refused Admission to the Jail * September 12 to September 29,1864
CHAPTER TEN: Roper Hospital * The Parole * Better Prospects * The Burnt District * Shells a Subject of Discussion * Morris Island * The Swamp Angel * Shelling the City * Sisters of Charity * Yellow Fever * Our Enlisted Men on Charleston Race Course * Orders to "Pack up" * Gen. Foster's Retaliation has a Good Effect * Farewell to Charleston * Poem by Lieut. J. Ogden * September 29 to October 5, 1864
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Removal to Columbia, South Carolina * Description of the Journey from Charleston * Cattle Cars Defined * Kindness of the Guard * Arrival at Columbia * Bayoneting a Prisoner * A Terrific Rain Storm * Peace Movements * Practical Infamy of the Rebels * They urge the Prisoners to take a Parole * Threatened with Confinement in old Tobacco Houses
CHAPTER TWELVE: “Camp Sorghum" * News from the Army * An Issue of Clothing Received from our Sanitary Commission * Joy of the Prisoners * The Presidential Election * Political Discussions * Manner of Voting * The Result * An Escape * A Prisoner Shot * Rebel Eloquence * "Long Live the Dutchman" * "Rum" deprives him of Authority * Thoughts of Home * Allowed to get Wood by taking a Parole * My old Shoes * Turning Night into Day * A Prisoner caught by Hounds * Drawing Meat Ration at "Camp Sorghum" * Gov. Brown's Proclamation * Heavy Frosts * No Blankets * Sleeping in the Middle * No Prospect of an Exchange * Renewed Determination to Escape * October 6 to November 26, 1864
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Escape from Columbia * My Companion * Halted by the Guard * Acting the Part of Paroled Prisoners * Passing the "Dead Line" * Meeting Negroes * Travelling with a Guide * Blind Roads * Challenged by a Picket * "I dun no what make dem Niggers run so" * Ingenuity of our Guide * Reserve of the Picket * Searching for my Companion under Difficulties * Subsisting upon Blueberries * Appealing to Sympathy * Kindness of Mrs. Taylor * A Negro Prayer-meeting * How we secured a Paper * Crossing the North Edisto * The Road terminates in a Swamp * Other Difficulties * My Companion's Misfortune * Pursued by Bushwhackers * Meeting Escaped Prisoners at Aiken * Approaching a Negro * Concealed in a Corn-fodder House * An Attempt to travel by Rail * We hear Cannonading * Greatly encouraged * Followed by a Hound * A Happy Mistake * Crossing the Savannah in a Cypress Canoe * Bailing for Life * Alligators * The North Star * Cavalry Patrol * A Negro Cobbler repairs my Shoes * November 26 to December 11, 1864
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Following the Rebel Army in Georgia * Fording Streams * "We run to prevent Chilling * Striking the Trail of the Armies * Appearance of the Country * Pursued by Hounds * Narrow Escape from Fire * Interview with a Planter * He thinks me a Rebel Officer * Rations in the Pantry * Inquiring for Gen. Wheeler's Cavalry * We obtain all of the Particulars * Meeting Negroes * "De Planter was a Bushwhacker" * Unpleasant Predicament * Met a Rebel Officer by Accident * My Horse shot at Waynesboro * Komteen * My Regiment the Third South Carolina Cavalry * Discussing Present Prospects * The Proposed Meeting at Mr. Brown's * Roasting Corn * Accidentally seen by a Planter * A Critical Situation * Hounds on Track * Flanking a Picket * Duping Rebel Couriers * Crossing Big Ebenezer Creek * Burying one of our own Soldiers * A Dashing Ride on Horses left by the Rebel Couriers * Concealed near a Picket * December 11 to December 16, 1864
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Re-captured by a Rebel Picket * The Challenge * Arrival at the Reserve of the Picket * Regarded as a Yankee Spy * Kindness of a Rebel Soldier * An Attempt to bribe the Guard * "Let 'em stretch Hemp" * Apparently unable to walk * Once more in the Saddle * The Escape and Pursuit * Recaptured by Texans * At the Rebel Gen. Wheeler's Head-quarters * Confinement in the County Jail at Springfield, Georgia
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Escape from Sylvania, Georgia * The Plan * We take Rations Intended for the Rebel Guard * Hounds to be put on Track * Confiding our Plans to a Negro * Concealed in an old Pine-tree Top * In a Swamp near Springfield * Rebel Deserters * The Interview with Mrs. Keyton * Turning the Tables * Ill-fated Dixie * Gen. Sherman just where they wanted him * Startled by Hounds * Bushwhackers in Pursuit * A Narrow Escape * An Amusing Incident * Efforts to obtain a Guide * Colored Man No. 3 * " I'll do it,Massa, if God be my Helper" * Approaching the Outpost * Within the Federal Lines * December 20 to December 24, 1864
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Homeward Round * Arrival at Savannah * Not easily Identified * Regarded as Spies * Pronounced Genuine Union Soldiers * Unsettled State of the Army * Wright succeeds in finding his Regiment after a long Search * Kindness of Capt. Swallow * My Christmas Dinner * At Kilpatrick's Head-quarters on the Ogeechee River * Return to Savannah * Furnished Transportation to New York * On Board the Steamship Planter * Transferred to the Delaware * Arrival at Hilton Head * On Board the Ashland * In a Gale off Cape Hatteras * Sea-sickness * Arrival at New York * December 24,1864, to Jan. 4, 1865
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: At Millen * Testimony of Sgt. W. Goodyear * The Inclosure * Average Number of Deaths per Day * Daily Allowance of nations * Excitement at the Presidential Election * Inducements to enter the Rebel Service
CHAPTER NINETEEN: Salisbury Prison * Experience of Mr. Richardson * Great Suffering for want of Bread and Shelter * "Give them Quarter Rations " * Terrible Condition of the Hospitals * Salisbury Penitentiary as Viewed by Mr. Brown * The Prisoners driven to Desperation
CHAPTER TWENTY: At Andersonville * Testimony of Ira E. Forbes * His Capture and Removal to Camp Sumter * Traffic with the Rebels * Generosity of the Citizens of Charleston * Arrival at Andersonville * Capt. Wirz * The "Dead Line" * Shooting Prisoners * Frightful Mortality * Burial of the Dead * Intense Mental Trials * Ravages of Scurvy * Awful Condition of the Hospital * Removal of Prisoners to Florence, South Carolina * Union Prisoners from Dixie's Sunny Land * Rations Issued by the United States Government to Rebel Prisoners of War * Statement of Clothing Issued to Rebel Prisoners of War at Fort Delaware
APPENDIX: Containing the Name, Rank, Regiment, and Post Office Address of the Officers who were imprisoned at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh and Goldsborough, 1864 and 1865
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