Eyewitness Accounts by Civil War Prisoners from the 12Th Iowa

Genoways, Ted and Hugh G. Genoways. A Perfect Picture of Hell: Eyewitness Accounts by Civil War Prisoners from the 12th Iowa. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2001. This volume has its own excellent subject index

Captured at Shiloh, 19ff Hornet’s nest, surrender, 25-28 Soldier death, 27 Charles L. Sumbardo, prisoner captured at Shiloh, Mobile, Macon, Tuscaloosa, Libby prison, this is the shorter version of a MOLLUS piece, 29-41 George Erwin Comstock, Co. C., 42 Prisoner exchange, 43-45 Seth Jones Crowhurst, Co., E, manuscript at AHEC, Carlisle, 46 Captured at Shiloh, 46-47 Corinth, paroled, but then not received, 47-48 Prison at Macon, food, 48-49 Libby prison, shoes, clothes, 49-50 Crowhurst, camp Parole, Annapolis, 51 Paroled prisoner, Benton Barracks, description of Shiloh battle, prison experience at Macon, prison deaths, 52-54 Bryon Zuver, Co. D.—published in Mildred Throne, “Iowans in Southern Prisons” indexed in articles indexes, 54-64 Luther W. Jackson, Co., H, Lieutenant, Diary, 65 Battle of Shiloh, taken prisoner, 65-66 Corinth, 66 Memphis, 66-67 Montgomery, 67ff Confederate braggarts, 69 Hospital death, 70 Confederate ministers, 71 Singing “Dixie” 72 Soldier death, 72 Food, 73 God will not let the Confederate triumph, 74 Guard armed with spears, 74 Ignorant Confederates, conscripts, 75 Reign of terror against Union men, 76 Euchre, 77 Prisoner exchange, 78 Food, 78 Fasting, humiliation, and prayer, Confederate, 79 Exchange, critical of United States government, 79 Southern Christians, 80 Parole, 81 Seven weeks in prison, possible parole, 82 Hospital, 83 Tuscaloosa, 83

Leaving for Macon, 84 Confederates talk like blacks, 84 Persecution of East Tennessee Unionists, 84 Hospital death, typhoid, 85 Railroad trip, cars suitable for blacks, 85 Confederate conscription, 85-86 Macon, very ill, dies, 86 John W. Gift, Co. F, speech, November 1862, Delhi Iowa, 87 Shiloh, 87-88 Surrender, prisoners of war, 88 Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, 89 Food, 89-90 Macon, 90ff Prisoner shot, 90 Escapes, 90 Madison, Georgia, 90-91 No newspapers, news, 91 Joseph B. Dorr, journal, Co. I, 92ff Shiloh, 92-95 Taken prisoner, 95 Food, 96 Corinth, 96 Railroad journey, guards, 97 River journey, 98 Montgomery cotton shed, 98 Making pipes and selling them to Confederates, 99-100 Drill, 100 Guard shot a prisoner, 100 Rumors, 101 Homeward trip, 103-4 Dorr letters, in OR, 105-9 John B. Stibbs account, published in Mildred Throne, “Iowans in Southern Prisons” indexed in articles indexes, 110-22 John H. Stibbs letter, paroled prisoners at Annapolis, returning home, 123-25 Edward M. Van Duzee—indexed in periodicals, Edward M. “Incidents of Prison Life in 1862.” Annals of Iowa 6 (1868): 54-64, 92-104, 220-33.—account here covers pages, 126-55 William W. Warner, Captain, Co. C, 156 Selma, illness, 156 Treated like gentlemen, 157 Prisoner exchange, 158 Escape attempt, 158 Montgomery, 159 Erastus B. Soper, Company D, 160ff Paroled prisoners, Macon to St. Louis, railroad journey, Benton Barracks, furloughs, 160-67 Prisoners captured at Corinth, 171ff

Erastus B. Soper, Company D, 175 Battle of Iuka, 175-77 Allen M. Blanchard, Co. D, 178 Corinth, wounded, 178-79 Fear of a Confederate hospital, fear of amputation, 179 Wounded soldier with ear dangling, 179 Wounded German soldiers, 179-80 Marching, blistered feet, 181-82 Food, 182 Peach orchard, hornets, 183 Yellow jackets, horse, captain, 183 Vicksburg, jail, Confederate surgeon, 184 Lice. 185 Cistern water, 185-86 Steamboat, food, 186 Captured at Jackson, July 1863, 191ff George Edwin Comstock, Co. C, Jackson, Mississippi, 195ff Foraging, quartermaster, forced to surrender to Confederates, taken prisoner, 196-98 Merciful Confederate captain, 198-99 Brandon, Mississippi, 200-1 Rations, cooking, 201-2 Montgomery prison again, young woman, 203-4 Richmond, Libby Prison, 205 Thinking of people at home going to church and Sunday School, 207 Hunger, 208 Belle Isle, 210 Tent, 211 Nothing on Belle Isle, 212 Exchange rumors, 212 Too much exposure on cold nights, 213 Hungry, 213 Soup house, 215 Snuck off to parole tent, 215-16 Captured at Tupelo, July 1864, 221ff Frederick Humphrey, Chaplain, 225ff Smith expedition, battle of Tupelo, casualties, 225-29 William L. Henderson, Co. C, Forrest, Tupelo, 230-32 Edwin A. Buttolph, Tupelo, taken prisoner, 233-34 Marching, 235-36 Railroad trip to prison, 237-38 Cahaba Prison, 238ff Clothing, 241 Vigilance committee, 241 John De Vine, Co. I, Castle Morgan, Cahaba, assault on prison commandant, 243-45 J. Warren Cotes, Co. I, 246 Captured at Tupelo, 246

Cahaba, 247-48 Macon, Camp Oglethorpe, 248-49 Andersonville, 249ff Prisoners overwhelm guards on the train, escape foiled, 249-50 Description of Andersonville, 250-52 Paroles, 252-53 Prisoners release, Wirz, 253-56 Death of a soldier captured at Tupelo, 257-58 Stibbs, John Howard. “Andersonville and the Trial of Henry Wirz.”] Iowa Journal of History and Politics 11 (1911): 33-56.] pp. 262-79 Biographies of individuals mentioned in the accounts, 281-309