{"product_id":"so-far-from-dixie-confederates-in-yankee-prisons-paperback","title":"So Far from Dixie: Confederates in Yankee Prisons - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Burnham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An outstanding narrative of prison life.\"-\u003ci\u003eCivil War Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Those searching for a probing story about life in Civil War prisons will not be disappointed with Philip Burnham's \u003ci\u003eSo Far from Dixie\u003c\/i\u003e.\"-\u003ci\u003eCivil War News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the North, 26,000 Rebels died in what was called \"Yankee captivity\"-six times the number of Confederate dead listed for the Battle of Gettysburg, and twice that for the Southern dead of Antietam, Chickamauga, Chancellorsville, Seven Days, Shiloh, and Second Manassas \u003cb\u003ecombined\u003c\/b\u003e. \"If there was ever a hell on earth,\" one Confederate veteran remembered, \"Elmira prison was that hell.\" New York's POW camp-nicknamed \"Helmira\"-was the most infamous of Northern prisons during the Civil War, places where hunger, brutality, and disease were everyday hazards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Far from Dixie\u003c\/i\u003e is the gripping narrative history of five men who were sent to Elmira and survived to document their stories. Berry Benson promised that he would escape the prison under honorable circumstances. Anthony Keiley charmed Union authorities into giving him a job at Elmira and later became mayor of Richmond, Virginia. John King refused to build coffins for his fellow prisoners. Marcus Toney disdained to take the Union oath of loyalty until long after the war had ended. And Frank Wilkeson, a Union army volunteer only fifteen years old, endured the same humiliating punishments meted out to the prisoners he was guarding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Burnham\u003c\/b\u003e, also the author of \u003ci\u003eHow the Other Half Lived: A People's Guide to American Historic Sites\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Education of Clarence Three Stars: A Lakota American Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndian Country, God's Country: Native Americans and the National Parks\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSong of Dewey Beard: Last Survivor of the Little Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e, lives in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53852001141069,"sku":"9781493094097","price":38.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/X7l88AXOaz9781493094097.webp?v=1778046624","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/so-far-from-dixie-confederates-in-yankee-prisons-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}