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Language: English
Published by C. E. Aughinbaugh, State Printer of Pennsylvania 1909
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover. No lettering on spine. 6" x 8 3/4." Ninety-four pages, complete. Several black-and-white plates, complete. Pages are clean and intact except for a former owner's ink inscription on front free e…ndpaper, former owner's stamp on front pastedown, small occasional smudges or stains, slightly bumped corners, and light age toning. Covers are clean and intact overall except for light rubbing, slight loosening to binding, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This book contains a multifaceted report about the Pennsylvania Monument at Andersonville, Georgia that was built in 1905. The monument honors the 1,849 Pennsylvania Union prisoners-of-war (POWs) who died at Andersonville Prison (Camp Sumter) during the American Civil War. The monument is a granite domed arcade that features a solemn bronze figure at the top who represents a POW. The monument also features a bronze relief sculpture on a plaque that shows POWs gathering fresh water from Providence Spring, a spring that had arisen from the parched earth, as if by an act of divine providence, and provided some respite for the POWs. Miller and Clark Granite and Monumental Works of Americus, Georgia had won the commission to design and build the monument (the company also collaborated with artists for specific parts of the monument). Each section within this book is relatively brief, but a variety of information is included. Any original historical materials quoted herein appear as printed text. The following are some of the contents: historical account and correspondence relating to the planning and commissioning of the monument; notable people in charge of the monument's planning and design; exercises observed at Andersonville, Georgia on December 7, 1905; speeches of noted military officers associated with the project such as Colonel James D. Walker, Harry White, Captain William H. Bricker, and Thomas J. Stewart; "Historical Incidents in Connection with Imprisonment of Union Soldiers at Andersonville, Georgia" (including an account by one of the members of an expedition sent to survey Andersonville Prison in July 1865 and accounts about the people who intervened to preserve Andersonville Prison and its cemetery where thousands of POWs were buried); "Roster of Applications Received at Adjutant General's Office, Harrisburg, PA., for Transportation to Andersonville, Georgia, Under Provision of Act of Assembly, Approved May 11, 1905"; and "Evidences of Causes of Mortality." Andersonville Prison was established in February 1864 by the Confederate government as a POW camp. Over the 14-month span of Andersonville Prison's existence, about 45,000 Union prisoners-of-war were held captive there and about 13,000 of them died. In the infamous summer of 1864, it is estimated that 100 Union POWs died every day from disease, exposure, or malnutrition. The camp was beset by overcrowding, inadequate shelter, and a lack of sanitation, potable water, food, and medical supplies. Andersonville Prison was shut down by the Union after the Confederacy's defeat in April 1865.
More imagesPublished by Pennsylvania Salisbury Memorial Commission, Pennsylvania 1910
- Hardcover
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.Cat's Cradle Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Book is rebound in buckram over boards. Binding and hinges sound, pages clean but age-darkened. Illustrated with black and white plates. Contents include proceedings of the monument dedication ceremonies, sources from Union and Confederate records, roster of surviving Pennsylvania prisoners of war who attended the Sal…isbury ceremony. The Confederate prisoner of war camp at Salisbury, N.C., housed over 15,000 Union prisoners throughout the Civil War with about 5,000 dying and being buried at the site. Ex-Library; 8.5" tall; 71 pages. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.
