Capture of Fort Johnson by Cronpeck Leads 1864 Prison March
Gergeant Cronpeck of Company F Fifty-Second Pennsylvania recounts the James Island assault that failed to take Fort Johnson and led to capture and imprisonment at Andersonville, with escape hopes, voyage from Battery Chatfield, and grim rations in Florence and Charleston during the 1864 expedition.
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Prisoner Memories From Civil War Libby to Home
A former prisoner recalls harsh winter conditions in Florence and Libby prison, scarce rations, and exposure after capture. He describes dragging himself home after parole in February 1865, helped from the boat, and the long absence felt by his family who thought him dead.
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