Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War (A Memoir)

"Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War" is a collection of seven narratives gathered and edited by the first modern southern writer, George Washington Cable. Mr. Cable put together the most interesting Civil War stories he had heard, which he shared with the readers and thusly saved them from oblivion. Contents: War Diary of a Union Woman in the South The Locomotive Chase in Georgia Mosby's "Partizan Rangers" A Romance of Morgan's Rough-riders Colonel Rose's Tunnel at Libby Prison A Hard Road to Travel out of Dixie Escape of General Breckinridge