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I fear I shall never leave this island : life in a Civil War prison / [edited and annotated by] David R. Bush.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Makely, Wesley.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Makely, Wesley--Correspondence.
- Makely, Wesley.
- Makely, Kate.
- Johnson Island Prison.
- Prisoners of war--Ohio--Johnson Island--Correspondence.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- History.
- Ohio--Johnson Island.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 18th.
- Confederate States of America.
- Makely, Kate--Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Confederate.
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2011]
- Summary:
- Fueled by the human stories that emerged from his archaeological exploration on Johnson's Island on Lake Erie, Bush (anthropology, Heidelberg U.) focuses on one particular correspondence between a Confederate soldier and his wife to illuminate one officer's experience of coping with the stress and isolation of imprisonment during the US Civil War. In addition to the letters and diaries of Wesley and Catherine Makely, artifacts and other physical remains excavated bring to life a moment in time rarely mentioned in Civil War history. He hopes to whet the appetite of archaeology students and history buffs to further study and explore the perspective of the thousands locked away from the battlefield and left helpless and hopeless as the battles raged on. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Johnson's Island Prison
- Where is your letter? (August 16-December 13, 1863)
- Thoughts of exchange (December 24, 1863-May 8, 1864)
- Sending images (May 11-September 15, 1864)
- Hard rubber and hard times (September 19, 1864-March 12, 1865)
- Going home (March 21-April 29, 1865)
- The prisoner-of-war experience.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813037448
- 0813037441
- OCLC:
- 709674055
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