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Author : Allen R. Coggins
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 10,84 MB
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1681390213
Book Delisted
Author : Allen Coggins
Publisher : Page Publishing, Incorporated
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,29 MB
Release : 2015-01-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781681390208
This novel takes place in Civil War torn Middle Tennessee. It opens as George, an abused slave, is brought into a prisoner of war camp at a place called Big Bone Cave. There he meets Luke, a Union prisoner of war. Luke, a Western Pennsylvania Quaker, takes pity on George and they quickly become friends and confidants. Together they face brutal prison guards and the grueling task of mining cave soil from which is extracted saltpeter, used in production of gunpowder. Union blockades of gunpowder and saltpeter into the South have made it necessary for the Confederate Army to acquire its own sources of the valuable commodity from privately owned caves, some worked by prisoners and slaves. In the process of digging soil deep within the cave, Luke and George accidentally discover a back entrance from which to escape. Unfortunately, they have no knowledge of where to go if they do escape and no provisions to see them through a long journey to freedom. In short, escape seems futile. After a few weeks, they meet Roger, a Confederate Army deserter who is also brought to the cave as a prisoner. Although he is a bigoted and unsavory character at first, they soon realize that he may be their only hope for escape and survival. In time he warms up to George despite their racial differences. Born and raised in Middle Tennessee, Roger knows the country well and hence can guide them to freedom. Furthermore, he has friends and relatives willing to assist. Seeing no alternative, they take Roger into their confidence. We can get you out of here, they say, if you can guide us north as far as the Kentucky line. Meanwhile, Union Army scouts discover the covert saltpeter mining operation at Big Bone Cave and determine that it is the prize for which they have been searching, the largest such operation in the South. Within hours, Union troops are marching eastward to capture it. As the Confederate Army prepares to retreat with their equipment and prisoners, Luke, George and Roger make their escape after overcoming guards. As they leave under the cover of darkness, Roger reveals that he has overheard a conversation that leads him to believe that the civilian owners of the saltpeter works have hidden a large cache of gold near the cave. They decide to delay their journey north until both armies have left the area and then return to the cave to search for the treasure. They eventually find more gold than they can physically carry, so they bury most of it and take the rest with them. Escaping the cave was nothing in comparison to their suspenseful and arduous flight northward, traveling by night and hiding and resting by day. Escape from Bone Cave is a suspenseful story of hardship and friendship, set in a dynamic time in our nation s history."
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862
ISBN :
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 27,48 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465534865
Author : John Taylor Wood
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732664120
Reproduction of the original: Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War by John Taylor Wood
Author : John Townsend Trowbridge
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,97 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Slavery
ISBN :
Author : Douglas Miller
Publisher : Lyons Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 24,55 MB
Release : 2020-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781493051823
The story of the largest prison break in US history, when more than 100 Yankee officers attempted a mass break-out from Libby, a special Civil War prison in the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia, that was considered escape-proof.
Author : John Townsend Trowbridge
Publisher :
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 1864
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"Cudjo's Cave" chronicles the brutalities and fears faced by unionists, loyal to Abraham Lincoln and the federal cause, living in secessionist states politically aligned with the Confederacy.
Author : Gene Hackman
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 27,49 MB
Release : 2008-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312363734
An explosive novel of the Civil War about one man’s escape from a notorious Confederate prison camp---and his dramatic return to save his men. July 1864. Union officer Nathan Parker has been imprisoned at nightmarish Andersonville prison camp in Georgia along with his soldiers. As others die around them, Nathan and his men hatch a daring plan to allow him to escape through a tunnel and make his way to Vicksburg, where he intends to alert his superiors to the imprisonment and push for military action. His efforts are blocked by higher-ups in the military, so Parker takes matters into his own hands. Together with a shady, dangerous ex-soldier and smuggler named Marcel Lafarge and a fascinating collection of cutthroats, soldiers, and castoffs, a desperate Parker organizes a private rescue mission to free his men before it’s too late. Exciting, thoroughly researched, and dramatic, Escape from Andersonville is a Civil War novel filled with action, memorable characters, and vividly realized descriptions of the war’s final year.
Author : J. T. Trowbridge
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 24,25 MB
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
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