Research Catalog

Title

A northern Confederate at Johnson's Island Prison : the Civil War diaries of James Parks Caldwell / James Parks Caldwell ; edited by George H. Jones ; with an introduction by James D. Hardy, Jr.

Author

Caldwell, James Parks, 1841-1911.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Jones, George H., 1922-

Description

v, 271 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Caldwell entered the Confederate Army as an artillery lieutenant. He fought at Shiloh, Port Hudson and other campaigns before being captured in 1863 and imprisoned in Ohio. He kept a daily diary for 18 months, describing the prison food and conditions, as well as his classicist and intellectual interests. Features letters, a poem, index, and notes"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Caldwell, James Parks, 1841-1911 > Diaries
• Caldwell family
• Caldwell family
• Caldwell, James Parks, 1841-1911
• Johnson Island Prison > Biography
• Johnson Island Prison
• 1861-1865
• Prisoners of war > Ohio > Johnson Island > Diaries
• Prisoners of war
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate
• United States > History > Prisoners and prisons. > Civil War, 1861-1865
• Hamilton (Ohio) > Biography
• Ohio > Hamilton
• Ohio > Johnson Island
• United States

Genre/Form

• diaries.
• Biographies
• Diaries
• History
• Personal narratives – Confederate
• Diaries.
• Journaux intimes.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Caldwell's life -- Caldwell the classicist -- "In durance vile."

ISBN

• 9780786444717
• 0786444711

LCCN

2010010423

OCLC

• ocn560556828
• 560556828
• SCSB-1566119

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library