American Bastille
Subtitle: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens in the Northern and Border States on Account of Their Political Opinions During
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9781417930784
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; United States - 19th Century; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - Civil War
First sentence: DURING the night of the 14th, and the morning of the 15th of September, 1862, the following gentlemen were arrested by armed mobs disgracing the name of soldiers: Joseph K. Evans and John H. Porter, of Winterset, and Esquire David McCarty, William Evans, James Keith, Joseph W. Gideon, and Valentine M. Gideon, residing in the country.