Further Reading
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500 Days In Rebel Prisons, by Charles Fosdick, 5th Iowa Infantry, 1887.
A Civil, and Sometimes Uncivil, War, Edited, with an introduction, by Bruce Catton; American Heritage Magazine, October 1964, Volume XV, Number VI. (52nd PA Infantry).
A Yankee In Andersonville, by T. H. Mann, (18th MA Infantry), Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, pgs 447-461 & 606-622, published 1890.
Andersonville, MacKinlay Kantor, 1955. Mentions Florence and Millen (Camp Lawton).
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Prisons, by John McElroy (16th IL Cavalry); Volume II; Washington, DC: The National Tribune, 1899. This book has been reprinted several times and does include an account of his time spent at Florence Stockade. Online
Andersonville Prison, by J. S. Maltman (17th MI Infantry), The Michigan University Magazine, Vol. III, 1869.
At Andersonville: A Narrative of Personal Adventure at Andersonville, Florence, and Charleston Rebel Prisons, by Josiah C. Brownell, Private, Co. M, 2nd NY Cavalry. Reprinted by Glen Cove Public Library and the Friends of the Glen Cove Public Library, Glen Cove, NY. 1981. First published, Glen Cove, NY: "Gazette" Books and Job Office, 1867.
Battle Field and Prison Pen, by John W. Urban. Published by Hubbard Bros. 1882.
Campaigns of the 146th Regiment, New York Sate Volunteers, by Mary Genevie Green Brainard, with preface and new material by Patrick A. Schroeder, Foreword by Brian Pohanka. Schroeder Publications, Daleville, VA, 24083.
Camp-Fire Chats of the Civil War, by Washington Davis. Chicago: Sidney C. Miller & Co. 1888.
Charlie Mosher's Civil War, (85th NY Infantry), edited by Wayne Mahood; Longstreet House, Hightstown, NJ, 1994.
Charlie's Civil War, A Private's trial by fire in the 5th NY Duryee Zouaves and the 146th NY, by Charles B. Livingstone, published by Thomas Publications, 353 Buford Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325. $30.
Civil War Prisons: A Study in War Psychology, by William B. Hesseltin.
Collections of a Coffee Cooler, Consisting of Daily Prison Scenes in Andersonville, Ga., and Florence, SC., by Samuel Creelman (101st PA Infantry) Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Photo-Engraving Co., l889.
Dancing Along the Deadline, by Ezra Hoyt Ripple, Presidio Press, Novato, CA, 1996.
Dear Folks At Home: The Civil War Letters Of Leo W. And John I. Faller With An Account Of Andersonville, by Leo W. & John I. Faller (36th PA Reserves), Milton E. Flower editor, Cumberland County Historical Society, 1963
Death Before Dishonor: The Andersonville Diary of Eugene Forbes, (4th NJ Infantry), Belle Grove Publishing, 1995.
Death Camp at Florence, by Dr. G. Wayne King, Civil War Times, Illustrated, Jan. 1974.
Dennison’s Andersonville Diary: The Diary Of An Illinois Soldier In The Infamous Andersonville Prison Camp, by James Dennison (113th IL Infantry), Jack Klasey editor, Lindsay Publication, 1987.
Diary Of A Soldier And Prisoner Of War In The Rebel Prisons, by Eugene Forbes (4th NJ Infantry), Murphy & Bechtel, 1865.
Eighteen Months a Prisoner Under the Rebel Flag, A condensed pen picture of Belle Island , Danville, Andersonville, Charleston, Florence and Libby Prisons from Actual Experience. by S. S. Boggs, Lovingston, IL, 1887.
Eye of the Storm: A Civil War Odyssey, by Robert Knox Sneden, edited by Charles F. Bryan, Jr. and Nelson D. Lankford. New York: Free Press, 2000. Sneden discusses the Florence Stockade on pages 286-88 and includes a watercolor drawing of the stockade on page 286.
From Ashby to Andersonville: The Civil War Diary and Reminiscences of Private George A. Hitchcock, 21st Massachusetts Infantry, Edited by Ronald G. Watson with a Foreword by Edwin C. Bearss; 362 pages - published Sept 1997 by Savas Publishing Company, Campbell, California 800-848-6585. $24.95. Available from Stackpole Books at 1-800-732-3669 or at Barnes & Noble bookstores. (Ed Bearss says that this is one of the best firsthand accounts he has seen in years.)
From Spottsylvania to Wilmington, N.C. by Way of Andersonville and Florence, by Sidney S. Williams. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society, 1899.
Houses of Misery and Hope, by Gary Thomas and Richard Andrew; Civil War Magazine, Issue 59, December 1996, pages 31-32.
Libby, Andersonville, Florence: The Capture, Imprisonment, Escape and Rescue of John Harrold, by John Harrold (138th PA Infantry). Philadelphia: Selheimer, 1870.
Life And Death in Rebel Prisons, by Robert H. Kellogg; Hartford, CT; 1867. (16th CT Inf.)
Notes On The Confederate Stockade of Florence South Carolina, by Walter D. Woods. Florence, S.C., ca. 1947. 17 pgs. (Confederate Guard's Account), Zerox copy available at Florence Public Library. Copy for sale at McGowan Book Company # 276 $1250.
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series II, Vol. VII, page 1098.
Over the Deadline or Tracked by Blood-Hounds, by S. M. Dufur, Co. B, 1st VT Cavalry. Author's personal experience during eleven months that he was confined in Pemberton, Libby, Belle Island, Andersonville, and Florence. He describes plans of escape, arrival of prisoners, his escape and recapture. Burlington, VT, 1902.
Pieces of the Civil War: The Yankee, The Rebel, and The Lighter Sides, by Bobby W. Brendell. Further info.
Portals to Hell - Military Prisons of the Civil War, by Lonnie R. Speer. Published by Stackpole Books in 1997. A fine work adding to the history and understanding of military prisons, on both sides, in the Civil War.
Prisoners of War and Military Prisons, by Asa B. Isham, Henry M. Davidson, and Henry B. Furness. "Personal Narrative of Experience in the Prisons at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Charleston, and Columbia." Cincinnati - Lyman & Cushing 1890.
Recollections of Prison Life at Andersonville, Georgia and Florence, South Carolina, by Charles Alvord Smith, Co. G, 11th Iowa Volunteers. Originally published 1875. Reprinted 1997. ISBN 1-58035-002-X. Order from Martini Print Media, 6320-116 Capitol Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27616. (919) 872-6601 or Email: msenew@aol.com. Cost is $10 or $6 for 5 or more copies.
Report of the Inspector of the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina, by James F. Rusling, Bvt. Brigadier General Inspector, O.M.D., May 1866.
Southern Prisons: or Josie the Heroine of Florence. Four Years of Battle and Imprisonment. Richmond, Atlanta, Belle Isle, Andersonville, and Florence, a complete history of all southern prisons, by Morgan E. Dowling, 17th MI Volunteers. Detroit: William Graham, 1870.
The Andersonville Diary & Memoirs Of Charles Hopkins, 1st New Jersey Infantry, by Charles Hopkins, William B. Styple editor, Belle Grove Publishing, 1988.
The Boys In Blue Of 1861-1865, A Condensed History Worth Preserving, by A. C. Leonard (54th PA Infantry), Privately printed, 1904.
The Civil War Diary Of Amos E. Stearns, A Prisoner At Andersonville, (25th MA Infantry) edited by Leon Basile, Fairleigh Dickenson University Press, 1981.
The Defense Of The Flag, A True War Story, Pen Picture Of Scenes And Incidents During The Great Rebellion, by David W. Stafford, Warren Mirror Print, 1904.
The Diary Of Charles G. Lee In Andersonville And Florence Prison Camps 1864, by Charles G. Lee (16th CT Infantry), P. C. Helmrich editor, Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 41, No. 1, pgs 12-28.
The National Tribune, published Washington, DC. 19 July 1883 & 23 Aug 1883.
The Photographic History Of The Civil War, Part Seven: Prisons and Hospitals. Miller. Castle Books, New York 1957 (First Published 1911) pp 8 Reprinted 1987 by The Blue & Grey Press.
The Smoked Yank, by Melvin Grigsby (Wisconsin Cavalry), Revised Edition, Privately printed, 1888.
The Soldier's Story of His Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and other Rebel Prisons, by Warren Lee Goss, (2nd MA Heavy Artillery), Lee and Shepard Publishers, Boston, 1866.
The Story of Andersonville and Florence, by James Newton Miller, Des Moines, Iowa, 1900. Online
Yankee Magazine, Feb 1983, pp 163 "That Hell Upon Earth." A personal account of a prisoner at Andersonville, Millen and Florence. William Graves.
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