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Excerpt from Camp, Field and Prison Life: Containing Sketches of Service in the South, and the Experience, Incidents and Observations Connected With Almost Two Years' Imprisonment at Johnson's Island, Ohio Who can know, save those who were there, how the heart sunk when grim despair, like the head of Medusa, chilled the soul into stone at the contemplation of our home and loved ones given to merciless aliens and strangers, and we unable to raise an arm to save those precious treasures? Prison life as seen from the author's stand-point and from mine were vastly different. His was exceptional, mine was the common lot of a vast majority of the three thousand Confederate officers on Johnson's Island. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1870 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Wash, W. A. Camp, Field And Prison Life; Containing Sketches Of Service In The South, And The Experience, Incidents And Observations Connected With Almost Two Year's Imprisonment At Johnson's Island, Ohio. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Wash, W. A. Camp, Field And Prison Life; Containing Sketches Of Service In The South, And The Experience, Incidents And Observations Connected With Almost Two Year's Imprisonment At Johnson's Island, Ohio, . Saint Louis, Southwestern Book And Pub. Co., 1870. Subject: Johnson Island Prison

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