A Northern Confederate at Johnson’s Island Prison: The Civil War Diaries of James Parks Caldwell

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A school graduate at 16 and a founding father of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Caldwell entered the Confederate Army as an artillery lieutenant. He fought at Shiloh, Port Hudson and different campaigns before being captured in 1863 and imprisoned on Johnson’s Island, in Lake Erie, close to Sandusky, Ohio. He kept a day by day diary for 18 months, describing the jail food and stipulations, in addition to his classical and intellectual pursuits. The book options letters, a poem, notes, and an index.

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