Death Does Seem to Have All He Can Attend to: The Civil War Diary of an Andersonville Survivor

by George A. Hitchcock

On August 7, 1862, George Alfred Hitchcock (born in Massachusetts in 1844) was mustered into Company A, 21st Massachusetts Infantry. From this date until January 1, 1865, he kept a meticulous daily diary.

His first experience in battle was at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, and then an attack across Burnside's Bridge at Antietam. Then came the disastrous Union advance toward Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg; a journey by rail to Paris, Kentucky,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078647890X
• ISBN13: 9780786478903
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher