A Perfect Picture of Hell

A Perfect Picture of Hell
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Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9781587293276
ISBN-13 : 1587293277
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Book Synopsis A Perfect Picture of Hell by : Ted Genoways

Download or read book A Perfect Picture of Hell written by Ted Genoways and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the shooting of an unarmed prisoner at Montgomery, Alabama, to a successful escape from Belle Isle, from the swelling floodwaters overtaking Cahaba Prison to the inferno that finally engulfed Andersonville, A Perfect Picture of Hell is a collection of harrowing narratives by soldiers from the 12th Iowa Infantry who survived imprisonment in the South during the Civil War. Editors Ted Genoways and Hugh Genoways have collected the soldiers' startling accounts from diaries, letters, speeches, newspaper articles, and remembrances. Arranged chronologically, the eyewitness descriptions of the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Jackson, and Tupelo, together with accompanying accounts of nearly every famous Confederate prison, create a shared vision


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