Martyria; or, Andersonville PrisonHamlin, Augustus C. (Augustus Choate)
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Martyria; or, Andersonville Prison
Hamlin, Augustus C. (Augustus Choate)
Andersonville Prison; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
XVIII. Prisoners who have been reported to the Commissary General of
Prisoners will not be paroled or released except by authority of the
Secretary of War.
W. HOFFMAN,
Col. 3d Infantry, Commissary General of Prisoners.
NOTE.
The publishers have the names of all of those soldiers who perished at
Andersonville, the date of death, and the number of their graves; and they
contemplate publishing the list hereafter, if sufficient encouragement is
offered.
Address
LEE & SHEPARD,
149 Washington Street, Boston.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Illustrations were drawn by the author from sketches upon the spot,
and from photographs which were taken by the rebels during the occupation
of the prison. The figures are by Charles A. Barry, Esq., and the
engraving by Henry Marsh, Esq.
NUMBER PAGE
I. View from Main Gate (from rebel photograph) 2
II. Vignette 7
III. Bird's-eye View of Stockade 19
IV. View of Officers' Stockade 21
V. View of Interior of the Prison 29
VI. View of Graveyard (from rebel photograph) 37
VII. View of Dead Line (from rebel photograph) 48
VIII. View of Gates 53
IX. View of Mud Huts 55
X. View of Burial (from rebel photograph) 57
XI. View of Bakery 61
XII. View of Kitchen 63
XIII. View of Blood-hound Hut 64
XIV. View of Utensils used by the Prisoners 96
XV. Map of Georgia 18
XVI. Plan of Andersonville 20
XVII. Plan of Prison 50
XVIII. Plan of Bakery 60
INDEX.
PAGE
BOOK FIRST.
_Introduction. Description of Andersonville: Locality,
Arrangement, and Construction of the Camp._ 7-28
BOOK SECOND.
_Descriptive: the Number of Prisoners compared with the
Armies of Alexander and Napoleon. The Dead compared with
the Losses of the British Soldiers at Waterloo, Crimea,
Spain, Mexican War, &c._ 28-40
BOOK THIRD.
_Describes at length the Stockade, with all the
Arrangements, with Comparisons, Ratio of Density, &c._ 40-68
BOOK FOURTH.
_Relates to the Alimentation of the Prisoners, with
Comparisons with the Dietaries of Foreign Armies,
Hospitals, Prisons, Scarcity of Food in the Prison,
Abundance of Food in the Country, &c._ 68-99
BOOK FIFTH.
_Review of the Hospital--its Arrangement and Results._ 99-113
BOOK SIXTH.
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