Bibliograph

They have left us here to die, the Civil War prison diary of Sgt. Lyle Adair, 111th U.S. Colored Infantry, [edited and annotated by] Glenn Robins

Type

Label

They have left us here to die, the Civil War prison diary of Sgt. Lyle Adair, 111th U.S. Colored Infantry, [edited and annotated by] Glenn Robins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

They have left us here to die

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

722450371

Responsibility statement

[edited and annotated by] Glenn Robins

Series statement

Civil War in the North

Sub title

the Civil War prison diary of Sgt. Lyle Adair, 111th U.S. Colored Infantry

Summary

"They have left us here to die is an edited and annotated version of the diary Sergeant Adair kept of his seven months as a prisoner of war ... Adair reflects on the breakdown of the prisoner exchange system between the North and South, especially the roles played by the Lincoln administration and the Northern home front. As a white soldier serving with African Americans, Adair also makes revealing observations about the influence of race on the experience of captivity"--Jacket

Table Of Contents

The unknown soldier -- Capture -- Cahaba -- Millen -- Blackshear and Thomasville -- The second Andersonville -- The anatomy of a captivity narrative

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