Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War (Illustrated Edition): Civil War Memories Series

Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war.

“Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War” is a collection of seven narratives gathered and edited by the first modern southern writer, George Washington Cable. Mr. Cable put together the most interesting Civil War stories he had heard, which he shared with the readers and thusly saved them from oblivion.

Contents:

War Diary of a Union Woman in the South

The Locomotive Chase in Georgia

Mosby’s “Partizan Rangers”

A Romance of Morgan’s Rough-riders

Colonel Rose’s Tunnel at Libby Prison

A Hard Road to Travel out of Dixie

Escape of General Breckinridge