[DUNKLE JOHN J] Prison Life During the Rebellion; Being a Br

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CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN MISTREATED BY BLACK SOLDIERS [DUNKLE, JOHN J.] Prison Life During the Rebellion; Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners Sent From Fort Delaware to Morris Island to be Punished. 48 pages. 8vo, original printed yellow wrappers. an exceptional copy. Singer's Glen, VA: Joseph Funk's Sons, 1869

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first edition. Includes a roster of prisoners, their rank and residence. 'Prison Life' is a post-war 'un-reconstructed' attempt to smear the reputation of the colored troops that were in charge of Southern prisoners, while quartered at Morris Island. The language is coarse, racist and the account largely fictional. Curiously enough, the 600 Confederate prisoners were well-treated by their colored prison guards, considering what Confederate soldiers had done to surrendering black soldiers at Fort Pillow a month earlier. I Nevins 190; III Dornbush 604.