Project Gutenberg 2012-06-20 Public domain in the USA. 82 Tyler, William N. (William Nelson) 1838 1910 The Dispatch Carrier and Memoirs of Andersonville Prison Produced by David Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Dispatch Carrier and Memoirs of Andersonville Prison" by William N. Tyler is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The narrative recounts the experiences of a Union soldier, specifically focusing on Tyler's role as a dispatch carrier during the Civil War, including notable events such as his capture, imprisonment, escape, and reevaluation of duty amid war's chaos. At the start of this memoir, Tyler shares his initial enlistment in the military following the attack on Fort Sumter, detailing his early experiences in training at Camp Douglas, Chicago. He introduces readers to fellow comrades and notes the humorous mishaps that occurred during their drills, as well as poignant moments such as his farewells to family before heading to active duty. Tyler's narrative unfolds against the backdrop of the tumultuous and often chaotic early days of the war, setting the stage for the adventures and challenges he would face on the battlefield. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40046/40046-h/images/cover.jpg en Andersonville Prison United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Soldiers -- Illinois -- Biography Tyler, William N. (William Nelson), 1838-1910 Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography E456 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American 215862 215872 2024-09-17T03:47:47.203319 2023-09-17T12:03:38.182097 text/html text/html 215002 2012-06-20T09:36:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 175513 2012-06-20T09:36:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 186190 2024-09-17T03:47:50.521251 application/epub+zip 187772 2024-09-17T03:47:47.734264 application/epub+zip 136275 2024-09-17T03:47:47.455293 application/epub+zip 267640 2024-09-17T03:47:53.021290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241383 2024-09-17T03:47:50.227266 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190026 2022-09-18T10:36:14.882273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196646 196441 2024-09-17T03:47:46.770279 2023-09-17T12:03:37.885097 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 196543 2012-06-20T09:36:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72018 2012-06-20T09:36:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19452 2024-09-17T03:47:53.153255 application/rdf+xml 22708 2024-09-17T03:47:47.536263 image/jpeg 2980 2024-09-17T03:47:47.494282 image/jpeg 175960 2024-09-17T03:47:47.225322 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