The novel follows the protagonist, Si Klegg, a young and enthusiastic farmer who enlists in the Union Army. Eager to serve his country and experience the adventure of military life, Si soon finds that the realities of war are far more challenging and complex than he had imagined.The story is episodic, detailing Si’s journey from a naive recruit to a seasoned soldier. Throughout the book, Si encounters various hardships, including the rigors of training, the monotony and danger of camp life...

This is the complete 4 Volumes of Andersonville: A Story Of Rebel Military Prisons. The story is based upon John McElroy's lengthy confinement in the Confederate Andersonville prison camp during the American Civil War.

Si Klegg plunges into the Tullahoma Campaign of June 1863 with Si, Shorty, and the 200th Indiana marching toward Shelbyville through relentless rain, mud, and rising tension. What begins in soldierly banter and confident talk of forcing Bragg into battle soon becomes a punishing test of endurance, as flooded roads, swollen streams, enemy cavalry, and artillery turn movement itself into combat. Amid the chaos, Si and Shorty find themselves battling a balky mule team, a stubborn teamster, an...

A Union soldier's true story of survival as a prisoner of war at the Confederacy's most notorious military internment camp.For men who endured the horrors of the Civil War, Andersonville Prison represented an even more terrifying level of hell. The prisoners starved while disease ran rampant.John McElroy was captured in battle and transferred to Andersonville. This is his eye-opening, bestselling account of his imprisonment in a place where one of every fou...

Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. "Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons" is one of the best accounts about the Civil War. McElroy, the author, vividly tells ...

The 'Tales of Civil War: 40 Books Collection' presents a compelling anthology that delves deeply into the complexities of the American Civil War. Through a diverse assortment of literary styles, from vivid narratives and historical fiction to reflective essays, this collection transports readers to a pivotal era in history. The anthology's wide-ranging themes explore the multifaceted realities of war, human resilience, and the quest for freedom and identity. With standout narratives that c...

Brother against Brother: 140 Civil War Memoirs assembles a vast documentary chorus from the American Civil War, illuminating combat, command, captivity, nursing, naval service, campaigning, and the unsettled moral terrain of national rupture. Ranging from terse battlefield recollection and military analysis to reflective autobiography and eyewitness narrative, the volume preserves the varied registers through which participants made meaning of war. Accounts of major operations stand beside...

“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 biography of the most fascinating Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an essay on realpolitik Athenian statesman Pericles and a short history of England by G. K....