2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Booklet, “"Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of the United States Officers and Soldiers While Prisoners of War in the Hands of the Rebel Authorities", includes “Copies of Photographs of Union Soldiers ... Imprisoned at Belle Island” 1864, Boston. It is a compilation of testimonies, letters, engraved images and official reports gathered by a commission appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. It provides a harrowing picture of the physical and psychological suffering experienced by Union prisoners. The book serves as a powerful indictment of the Confederate prison system and highlights the immense human cost of the Civil War. It remains a valuable historical resource for understanding the experiences of Union prisoners of war and the brutality of the conflict.
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