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Book Reviews These are some reviews from a recent issue of
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A Prisoner of War in Virginia
by George H. Putnam.
Illustrated, index, softcover, 152 pp., 2000. Proofmark, P.O. Box 200334, Austin, TX 78720, $19.95 plus shipping.
The author of this book, George Putnam, was an officer in the 176th New York. He was captured at Cedar Creek and spent time in the Confederate prisons of Libby and Danville. Putnam was paroled in February 1865 and exchanged in March. He penned this narrative in 1912, one of many books that he wrote. A noted publisher, Captain Putnam’s publishing company is still located in New York. Putnam’s story tells of the deteriorating conditions in Danville during the last months of the war and makes compelling reading. Appendices include a 1911 article about Andersonville compared to Northern prisons, and a reprinting of Frank Moran’s article on Col. Thomas E. Rose’s Libby Prison tunnel. A brief preface by editor Mark Seymour completes this volume.
by Richard Sauers
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