Project Gutenberg 2010-04-05 Public domain in the USA. 163 Cooper, A. (Alonzo) 1830 1919 Cooper, Alonzo In and Out of Rebel Prisons Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "In and Out of Rebel Prisons" by A. Cooper is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the author's experiences as a Union officer during the American Civil War, specifically focusing on his time as a prisoner of war in Confederate prisons. The narrative emphasizes the conditions faced by Union officers in various prisons and recounts the author's observations of battles, the prison system, and the overall plight of soldiers during this tumultuous period. The opening of this work introduces readers to the author's dedication to a comrade and provides a frame of reference for the various prisons mentioned throughout the text. A Cooper explains his experiences with a somewhat optimistic lens, contrasting the suffering experienced by rank-and-file soldiers with the relatively better conditions faced by officers. He sets the stage by detailing scenes from his imprisonment, along with descriptions of the immediate environment, military operations, and the psychological challenges that he and his fellow prisoners faced. The narrative begins by highlighting the circumstances surrounding the Battle of Plymouth, revealing the onset of hardships as the author transitions from an officer to a prisoner, establishing a backdrop for the accounts that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Soldiers -- New York (State) -- Biography New York (State) -- Biography Cooper, A. (Alonzo), 1830-1919 E456 Text US Civil War Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare 526445 526458 2024-10-13T13:17:28.786848 2023-09-14T06:28:11.678271 text/html text/html 536536 2021-01-06T10:39:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1000939 2021-01-06T10:39:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1123925 2024-10-13T13:17:41.378293 application/epub+zip 1127958 2024-10-13T13:17:32.584301 application/epub+zip 254841 2024-10-13T13:17:30.839832 application/epub+zip 1361360 2024-10-13T13:17:47.292262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1301993 2024-10-13T13:17:40.108280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401114 2022-09-14T15:26:10.247070 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448253 448166 2024-10-13T13:17:26.742836 2023-09-14T06:28:10.026246 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 448168 2021-01-06T10:39:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169435 2021-01-06T10:39:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20873 2024-10-13T13:17:47.443235 application/rdf+xml 12893 2024-10-13T13:17:31.505804 image/jpeg 3790 2024-10-13T13:17:31.188817 image/jpeg 1080338 2024-10-13T13:17:28.870833 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog