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Title They have left us here to die [electronic resource] : the Civil War prison diary of Sgt. Lyle Adair, 111th U.S. Colored Infantry / [edited and annotated by] Glenn Robins.
Author Adair, Lyle, 1843-
Publication Info. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©2011.
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 123 pages) : illustrations, map.
Series Civil War in the North
Civil War in the North.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The unknown soldier -- Capture -- Cahaba -- Millen -- Blackshear and Thomasville -- The second Andersonville -- The anatomy of a captivity narrative.
Summary "They have left us here to die is an edited and annotated version of the diary Sergeant Adair kept of his seven months as a prisoner of war... Adair reflects on the breakdown of the prisoner exchange system between the North and South, especially the roles played by the Lincoln administration and the Northern home front. As a white soldier serving with African Americans, Adair also makes revealing observations about the influence of race on the experience of captivity"--Dust jacket.
Subject Adair, Lyle, 1843- -- Diaries.
Prisoners of war -- Confederate States of America -- Diaries.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Diaries.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Military prisons -- Confederate States of America -- History.
Captivity narratives -- Confederate States of America.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 111th (1864-1866)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Genre Electronic books.
Added Author Robins, Glenn.
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Related To Print version: Adair, Lyle, 1843- They have left us here to die 9781606351017 (DLC) 2011016812 (OCoLC)722450371
ISBN 9781612779867 (electronic bk.)
1612779867 (electronic bk.)
1612779875 (electronic bk.)
9781612779874 (electronic bk.)
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