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., Describing Plans of Escape, Arrival of Prisoners, With Numerous and Varied Incidents and Anecdotes of Prison Life.
L. Stebbins: Hartford, Conn. 1865. First Edition. 12mo, 400 pages, publisher's original gilt-decorated black cloth covered boards. Illustrated in black-and-white.
Life and Death in Rebel Prisons, published in Hartford, Connecticut, by L. Stebbins in 1865, is one of the most powerful firsthand accounts to emerge from the American Civil War. Written by Robert H. Kellogg, a former Union prisoner of war, the book provides a harrowing narrative of captivity in Confederate prisons, most notably Andersonville, Georgia, and Florence, South Carolina. Kellogg documents the brutal conditions, starvation, disease, and staggering mortality suffered by Union soldiers, while also recounting daily prison life, acts of endurance, and desperate escape attempts. Issued immediately after the war’s end, the volume captures the raw immediacy of survivor testimony and played an important role in shaping Northern public understanding of wartime imprisonment. Today, it is regarded as a cornerstone work of Civil War prison literature and an essential primary source for historians and collectors alike. Some damage and fraying to hinges, rubbing and wear, discoloration and foxing, textblock slightly shaken previous owner's ink stamp, corners slightly bumped, else in good + condition. Item #185
Price: $90.00