THE SOUTHERN SIDE; OR, ANDERSONVILLE PRISON. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, BY R. RANDOLPH STEVENSON, M.D. . . TOGETHER WITH AN EXAMINATION OF THE WIRZ TRIAL; A COMPARISON OF THE MORTALITY IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PRISONS; REMARKS ON THE EXCHANGE BUREAU, ETC.

Stevenson, R. Randolph [Richard Randolph Stevenson], 1835-1891.

Published by Baltimore [MD]: Turnbull Brothers, 1876.

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Full title - THE SOUTHERN SIDE; OR, ANDERSONVILLE PRISON. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, BY R. RANDOLPH STEVENSON, M.D. FORMERLY SURGEON ON THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, CHIEF SURGEON OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES MILITARY PRISON HOSPITALS, ANDERSONVILLE, GA. TOGETHER WITH AN EXAMINATION OF THE WIRZ TRIAL; A COMPARISON OF THE MORTALITY IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PRISONS; REMARKS ON THE EXCHANGE BUREAU, ETC. AN APPENDIX, SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS THAT DIED AT ANDERSONVILLE, AND THE CAUSES OF DEATH; CLASSIFIED LISTS OF ALL THAT FIES IN STOCKADE AND HOSPITAL, ETC., ETC. 488 pages. Hardcover: H 23cm x L 15cm. Reddish-brown cloth rubbed, soiled, and stained; board corners worn along with strong wear at front board's bottom edge; some cloth loss to frayed spine ends. Front free endpaper removed; ink ownership inscription dated 1877 on front fly recto; interior foxing; rear flyleaf removed; rear free endpaper creased and torn with chip near center. Foldout b/w frontispiece with tear at upper fold with strong creasing/curling at terminal edge; folded b/w exchange note tipped-in at page 405. A few quires/leaves slightly pulled but binding otherwise remains reasonably firm.

Seller Inventory # CVA-01718

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• Title: THE SOUTHERN SIDE; OR, ANDERSONVILLE PRISON. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, BY R. RANDOLPH STEVENSON, M.D. . . TOGETHER WITH AN EXAMINATION OF THE WIRZ TRIAL; A COMPARISON OF THE MORTALITY IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PRISONS; REMARKS ON THE EXCHANGE BUREAU, ETC.
• Publisher: Baltimore [MD]: Turnbull Brothers, 1876.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Civil War