Dark Days of the Rebellion: Life in Southern Military PrisonsPresents the Civil War memoirs of Booth, a 27-year-old prisoner in the Confederacy's Salisbury, North Carolina, prison, embellished with commentary by a contemporary Civil War writer. Includes bandw photos and illustrations. For Civil War buffs. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
THE BEGINNING ATTACK ON AND SURRENDER OF SUMPTER | 11 |
EMBARK FOR VICKSBURG THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN GUNBOATS | 19 |
FALL OF VICKSBURG ITS IRREPARABLE LOSS TO THE SOUTHERN | 27 |
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