John G Mcelroy

Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons

John McElroy was an American soldier, journalist, and author. McElroy served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was captured by the Confederate Army and was a prisoner at the notorious Andersonville prison camp. McElroy is now best known for writing a detailed book on his experience...

The Red Acorn

In 1863, when John McElroy (1846-1929) was just 16 years old, he joined the Union Army, becoming a private in Company L of the 16th Illinois Cavalry regiment, but he had already served with local Union troops in operations near St. Louis. In January 1864, he was among dozens of men captured in a ski...

Decline and Fall of the American Republic: Confessions of a Repentant Politician; A Story of Fifty Years Hence; Time, A. D. 1930 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Decline and Fall of the American Republic: Confessions of a Repentant Politician; A Story of Fifty Years Hence; Time, A. D. 1930 Yes, ' he returned. The country owes us a debt of gratitude, which it can only repay by honoring us forever as the young men who had the sagacity and moral co...

Strategy Six Pack 9 - The Revenant Hugh Glass, Andersonville, The Goths, Alexander Hamilton, Pericles and A Short History of England (Illustrated)

“Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.”- Sun Tzu.Three separate eye-witness accounts of the Hugh Glass bear attack story, a Civil War diary from a POW incarcerated in the notorious prison Andersonville, Henry Bradley’s classic study The Story of the Goths, a b...

Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson, and Twenty Great Battles

DARK DAYS OF 1861.—A FATHER WHO GAVE HIS CHILDREN TO THE COUNTRY.—RALLYING TO THE FLAG.—RAISING VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. "The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect and rely upon myself."—Charlotte Bronte ALLENTOWN is a beautiful little city of ...

Andersonville, A Story of Rebel Military Prisons

In 1863, when John McElroy (1846-1929) was just 16 years old, he joined the Union Army, becoming a private in Company L of the 16th Illinois Cavalry regiment, but he had already served with local Union troops in operations near St. Louis. In January 1864, he was among dozens of men captured in a ski...

Andersonville - Volume 3 A Story of Rebel Military Prisons

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Andersonville - Volume 4

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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