Sergeant Hallyburton, the first American soldier captured in the World War
By: by Chas. W. Hyams
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Soldiers; Biography; Prisoners of war; World War, 1914-1918; German Prisoners and prisons; United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 16th. Company F.
Other titles: North Carolinians and the Great War.
Description: This biography of Sergeant Edgar M. Hallyburton covers his career in the military before and during World War I.  Born in Iredell County, North Carolina, January 19, 1890, he enlisted in the Regular Army on July 4, 1909.  He was stationed at various locations mainly in Texas and Mexico until the U.S. entered World War I.  He sailed for France with the First Division, Co. F, 16th Infantry and was the first American soldier to be captured by the Germans. After describing the conditions in the prison camps, the author shows how Hallyburton organized the American prisoners and  became their representative to prison authorities, resulting in improved conditions.  The book also describes how Hallyburton became the model for a sculptured statuette "Captured But Not Conquered," which was used to help the third Liberty Loan campaign.  The book closes with many letters, testimonials and press clippings testifying to Hallyburton's service as a model American soldier.
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Transcribed from: Sergeant Hallyburton, the first American soldier captured in the World War / by Chas. W. Hyams. Moravian Falls, N.C. : Dixie Pub. Co., 1923. 79 p., [3] leaves of plates : ports. ; 21 cm.

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