In vinculis; or, The prisoner of war, being the experience of a Rebel in two federal pens, interspersed with reminiscences of the late war, anecdotes of southern generals, etc. By A. M. Keiley.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781425518189
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography & Autobiography; Biography: general; Military life & institutions; History - U.S.; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Historical - U.S.; Biography & Autobiography / Military; Biography & Autobiography : Historical - U.S.; History / United States / General; History : United States - Civil War; Military; United States - Civil War
First sentence: IN the blessed days of the troubadours, no contest, personal or political, was deemed lawfully begun unless some stalwart stentor, yclept a herald, chosen, if I rightly remember my Froissart, with a double reference to his strength of lung and proficiency in lying, made a preliminary flourish to prepare the world for the performances about to ensue.