Description
The first edition of Prisoners Of War And Military Prisons by Asa B. Isham, published in 1890.
Thick octavo, xii, 571pp, [3]. Publisher’s green cloth, title in gilt on spine with decorative gilt illustrations on both covers. Light rubbing to green cloth covers, rubbing along lower edge of front panel. Decorative end papers, wear at front hinge, text block is solid with tight bindings. Previous ownership inscription on front free end paper from “Samuel W. Smith, Jr.” Complete with 57 illustrations, fold-out map, and a frontispiece portrait of the Andersonville Prison.
(Dornbusch IV, 36) (Nevins I, 194)
A scarce and important work on Civil War military prisons.
One of the most comprehensive and complete early histories of the Civil War military prison system. Includes a list of all the Union soldiers in captivity in 1864.
