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Hamlin, Augustus C., 1829-1905 Martyria, or, Andersonville Prison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02982 Author/Creator: Hamlin, Augustus C., 1829-1905 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1866 Pagination: 256 p. : ; illus. ; plates ; plans (part fold.) map Height: 20 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Printed in Boston by Lee & Shepard, with a signed presentation note dated 10 October 1866 by the author to Ulysses S. Grant. The book documents the conditions at Andersonville Prison. Illustrated by the author.

Hamlin, Augustus C. (Augustus Choate), 1829-1905
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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