The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1964
Title | The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1964 PDF eBook |
Author | Decimus et Ultimus Barziza |
Publisher | |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1864
Title | The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1864 PDF eBook |
Author | Decimus et Ultimus Barziza |
Publisher | |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1882
Title | The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1882 PDF eBook |
Author | Decimus et Ultimus Barziza |
Publisher | Austin : University of Texas Press |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1964 |
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The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1864. Edited by R. Henderson Shuffler. [With Illustrations, Including Portraits.].
Title | The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1864. Edited by R. Henderson Shuffler. [With Illustrations, Including Portraits.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Decimus et Ultimus BARZIZA |
Publisher | |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863–1864
Title | The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863–1864 PDF eBook |
Author | Decimus et Ultimus Barziza |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 159 |
Release | 2014-11-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1477304002 |
Original t. p. reads: The adventures of a prisoner of war, and life and scenes in Federal prisons: Johnson's Island, Fort Delaware, and Point Lookout / by an escaped prisoner of Hood's Texas Brigade. Houston, Texas: Richardson & Owen's Printing Establishment, 1865.
Libby Life; Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Richmond, Va. , 1863-64
Title | Libby Life; Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Richmond, Va. , 1863-64 PDF eBook |
Author | Federico Fernandez Cavada |
Publisher | Theclassics.Us |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 2013-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781230439198 |
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. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... "aveXv.--Reveries--Matter Of Fact--Matrimonial--Consolatory--Rumors--HucksTer Officers--Confederate Currency And Prices--"tunnel On The Brain"--A Searcii--Boxes--General Kilpatrick's Raid--The G Unpowder Plot--Paroled--Conclusion. reveries. T3 every is the presentiment of the heart: the visions it evokes are but our hopes made visible. The prisoner has ample time, and an ample field for thought. He must think; and he cannot think without dreaming. He sees the hour arrive when the prison doors are thrown open; he drinks in eagerly the first breaths of the pure, untainted air; he sees the blue sky, nothing but the deep gulf of the sky, above him--an eternity of space; the sun dazzles him with the radiant splendor of its light, and its rays fall, warm and genial upon him, like a glorious rain of golden fire. He feels himself borne with a speed all too slow for his love, swiftly, swiftly, over the water, and over the echoing rails; he stands at the threshold of his home, breathless, panting, the heart almost pulseless with happiness; his mother's, sister's, wife's, children's arms are about his neck; there is a volcano of hearty greetings--a whirlwind of happy words--a hurricane of kisses! The dream has culminated, but the dreamer does not relax his mind's hold upon it; he clings to it with a sort of child-like tenacity, until the brain can retain it no longer, and the bright vision fades--a purple flame--farther and farther, to wane at last like a fainting star, in the cold daylight of reality! If the asperities of an active campaign are calculated to moderate the romantic ardor with which the incipient soldier looks forward to the glorious experiences of the camp and the battle-field, a six months' incarceration in a Richmond prison may...
The American P.O.W. experience
Title | The American P.O.W. experience PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 85 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1428990542 |