Project Gutenberg 2014-01-18 Public domain in the USA. 188 Langworthy, Daniel Avery 1832 16003485 Reminiscences of a Prisoner of War and His Escape E-text prepared by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Reminiscences of a Prisoner of War and His Escape" by Daniel Avery Langworthy is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The author was a captain in the 85th New York Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, and this book recounts his personal experiences of being captured as a prisoner of war and his subsequent escape. The narrative provides a detailed glimpse into the harsh realities faced by soldiers during this tumultuous period in American history. In his memoir, Langworthy shares the gripping story of his capture after the siege of Plymouth, North Carolina, where he and his regiment were taken by Confederate forces. He recounts the harrowing conditions at various prisons, particularly the infamous Andersonville, which he narrowly escaped as an officer shortly after arriving there. Through resourcefulness, camaraderie, and the aid of sympathetic locals, he and a handful of fellow officers devised a plan to escape. Their dangerous journey through the South, filled with narrow calls against pursuing guards, encounters with locals, and the constant threat of death, culminates in their arrival at Union lines. Langworthy's account encapsulates themes of endurance, patriotism, and the brotherhood formed in the face of adversity during the Civil War. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44702/44702-h/images/cover.jpg en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives E456 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare 109464 109254 2024-09-18T17:52:46.527605 2023-09-19T13:13:34.691738 text/html text/html 107319 2014-01-18T16:11:01 text/html 573786 2014-01-18T16:13:47 text/html application/zip 543970 2024-09-18T17:52:49.108612 application/epub+zip 544019 2024-09-18T17:52:47.017598 application/epub+zip 104826 2024-09-18T17:52:46.750617 application/epub+zip 589061 2024-09-18T17:52:50.813619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 576330 2024-09-18T17:52:48.845591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138814 2022-09-20T12:06:10.915193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 95709 95537 2024-09-18T17:52:46.286628 2023-09-19T13:13:34.447726 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 95319 2014-01-18T16:09:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 35266 2014-01-18T16:09:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18211 2024-09-18T17:52:50.945585 application/rdf+xml 18335 2024-09-18T17:52:46.831616 image/jpeg 2448 2024-09-18T17:52:46.789786 image/jpeg 575547 2024-09-18T17:52:46.559629 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