The 1864 Diary of Union Civil War Soldier Sergeant Samuel E. Grosvenor: A first-hand account of the horrors at Andersonville Prison

Kirjan The 1864 Diary of Union Civil War Soldier Sergeant Samuel E. Grosvenor: A first-hand account of the horrors at Andersonville Prison (2015) on kirjoittanut Timothy M. Jacobs. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 432 sivua ja se on nidottu.

This is the transcription of Samuel E. Grosvenor's diary from his time with the 16th Regiment, Company B, as they were encamped at Plymouth, North Carolina, and then taken by the Confederate Army and imprisoned at Andersonville. Throughout1864 and his time as a POW, Grosvenor shares his thoughts on the war, his faith in God, the inhuman environment of the prison, the weather, the food (or lack of), to his expressions of joy of being released in December and being reunited with family and friends. Throughout the diary is anarrative compiled from other sources shedding more light on the events that he makes note of along with many pictures including some rare photos taken during the war and of Grosvenor's homestead in Guilford, Connecticut.