They have left us here to die
Subtitle: the Civil War prison diary of Sgt. Lyle Adair, 111th U.S. Colored Infantry
By: [edited and annotated by] Glenn Robins
Contributors: Robins, Glenn
Series: Civil War in the North
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9781606351017
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Prisoners and prisons; Diaries; Military prisons; Captivity narratives; United States; United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 111th (1864-1866); Personal narratives; Regimental histories; History
Description: "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"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The unknown soldier; title: Capture; title: Cahaba; title: Millen; title: Blackshear and Thomasville; title: The second Andersonville; title: The anatomy of a captivity narrative.