Southern Side; or, Andersonville Prison.
Item #78796
STEVENSON, R. Randolph. The Southern Side; or, Andersonville Prison. Compiled from Official Documents...Together with an Examination of the Wire Trial; a Comparison of the Mortality in Northern and Southern Prisons; Remarks on the Exchange Bureau, etc. An Appendix, Showing the Number of Prisoners that Died at Andersonville, and the Causes of Death; Classified Lists of All that Died in Stockade and Hospital, etc., etc. Baltimore: Turnbull Brothers, 1876. 1st ed. 488pp. Folding plan frontis., plates. Orig. cloth. Fine. Dornbusch III: 641. Tipped on to Page 405 is a Confederate bill of exchange [Columbia, SC: Evans & Cogswell], dated January 1, 1865. On the verso is a note: "This money was loaned to me while a prisoner of war at Col[umbi]a. SC for my own personal use I therefore desire it promptly paid. Henry Hescock, Capt." With Hescock's ownership signature on front endpaper. "Some helpful medical data exists in this polemic book by Andersonville's chief surgeon" Nevins I, p. 203.
Price: $450.00