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I Held Lincoln

- A Union Sailor's Journey Home
Af: Richard E. Quest Engelsk Paperback

I Held Lincoln

- A Union Sailor's Journey Home
Af: Richard E. Quest Engelsk Paperback
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Lt. Benjamin Loring (1824–1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor. He commanded no armies and devised no grand strategies. Loring was a sailor who just wanted to return home, where the biggest story of his life awaited him.

Covering almost a year of Loring’s service, I Held Lincoln describes the lieutenant’s command of the gunboat USS Wave, the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, the surrender of his ship, and his capture by the Confederates. He was incarcerated in Camp Groce, a deadly Confederate prison where he endured horrific conditions and abuse. Loring attempted to escape, evading capture for ten days behind enemy lines, only to be recaptured just a few miles from freedom. After an arduous second escape, he finally reached the safety of Union lines and gained his freedom.

On the night of April 14, 1865, Loring attended Ford’s Theater and witnessed one of the single most tragic events in American history: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. After the shot rang out, Loring climbed into the presidential box and assisted the dying president, helping to carry him across the street to the Peterson House. Using Loring’s recently discovered private journal, Richard E. Quest tells this astonishing now-recovered story, giving insight into a little-known Confederate prison camp during the last days of the Civil War and providing much-deserved recognition to a man whose journey was nearly lost to American history.
 
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Lt. Benjamin Loring (1824–1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor. He commanded no armies and devised no grand strategies. Loring was a sailor who just wanted to return home, where the biggest story of his life awaited him.

Covering almost a year of Loring’s service, I Held Lincoln describes the lieutenant’s command of the gunboat USS Wave, the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, the surrender of his ship, and his capture by the Confederates. He was incarcerated in Camp Groce, a deadly Confederate prison where he endured horrific conditions and abuse. Loring attempted to escape, evading capture for ten days behind enemy lines, only to be recaptured just a few miles from freedom. After an arduous second escape, he finally reached the safety of Union lines and gained his freedom.

On the night of April 14, 1865, Loring attended Ford’s Theater and witnessed one of the single most tragic events in American history: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. After the shot rang out, Loring climbed into the presidential box and assisted the dying president, helping to carry him across the street to the Peterson House. Using Loring’s recently discovered private journal, Richard E. Quest tells this astonishing now-recovered story, giving insight into a little-known Confederate prison camp during the last days of the Civil War and providing much-deserved recognition to a man whose journey was nearly lost to American history.
 
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9781640124516
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1640124519
Kategori: Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig og Rekonstruktionstiden
Udg. Dato: 1 jun 2021
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 223mm
Højde: 146mm
Forlag: Potomac Books Inc
Oplagsdato: 1 jun 2021
Forfatter(e): Richard E. Quest
Forfatter(e) Richard E. Quest

Kategori Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig og Rekonstruktionstiden

ISBN-13 9781640124516

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 224

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 223mm

Højde 146mm

Udg. Dato 1 jun 2021

Oplagsdato 1 jun 2021

Forlag Potomac Books Inc