I Held Lincoln [electronic resource] : A Union Sailor's Journey Home / Richard E. Quest
- Author:
- Quest, Richard E.
- Published:
- Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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- Contents:
- Getting in the fight -- The Wave -- A seasick Wave -- No coal -- The enemy is close by -- A precious rose -- Chicken feed -- Prison -- Escape! -- Through the wall -- On the outside -- Plantations -- Dog ranch -- De Doe is dead?! -- The hunter -- Interrogation -- A night drive -- A Confederate bastille -- Anderson Grimes County Jail -- The Old Pen again -- Deadliest killer -- Making the best of it -- The swamp -- Tied up -- The power of the pen(cil) -- Navigating by the wind -- Parched corn -- Over the river and through the woods -- Bear Swamp -- Confederate potatoes -- Goodbye Texas -- Home Guard and Yankee prisoners -- Old friends? -- Your passes or your life! -- Where is my penknife? -- The last toenail -- A burned bridge -- Chimneys on the horizon -- Lincoln coffee and a civilized bed -- The surprise -- Washington Navy Yard -- I held Lincoln.
- Subject(s):
- Loring, Benjamin, 1824-1902
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865—Assassination
- United States. Navy—Officers—Biography
- Prisoners of war—United States—Biography
- Prisoners of war—Confederate States of America—Biography
- Escaped prisoners of war—United States—Biography
- Ship captains—United States—Biography
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Prisoners and prisons
- Louisiana—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Campaigns
- Calcasieu River (La.)—History, Military—19th century
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781612349497 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781640124516 (paperback : alk. paper)
9781640120549 (epub)
9781640120556 (mobi)
9781640120563 (pdf) - Note:
- The first edition of Red Line was published by W. W. Norton & Company.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
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