[Rarebooks] fs: Survivor of Andersonville, Sultana explosion, etc.

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 10131 )  McIntosh, E[ppenetus]. W[ashington]. (1843-1927). MAJ. E. W. MCINTOSH'S SELECTION OF SONGS, OLD SOLDIERS' TEMPERANCE, RELIGIOUS AND FUNERAL SONGS AND MANY SPICY READINGS AND POEMS APPROPRIATE FOR ANY KIND OF ENTERTAINMENTS; NOTHING IMMORAL.
Omaha: Self Published, [c.1905]. Wrappers, Octavo, 32 pages, black and white drawings, photo. Very good.
      Book of songs and poems, some composed by McIntosh, printed without music. Epp McIntosh was Union veteran of the Civil War who was in 22 battles and wounded 5 times. He was cited for valor at Vicksburg, captured at Acworth Station, Georgia in 1864 and imprisoned at the notorious Andersonville camp. McIntosh barely survived Andersonville and then was aboard the steamer Sultana when it exploded, killing some 1, 700 passengers. He survived this ordeal after 14 hours in the water. After the war he slowly recovered and spent his later years as a travelling singer, poet, minister, and storyteller. He sold souvenir prints of a tintype "skeleton photo" showing his condition upon release from Andersonville. This photo is reproduced in this booklet, as is a photo of McIntosh in later life. Front cover is illustrated with a drawing titled "Off for the War, " showing McIntosh leaving home in 1861. Stapled binding with a few minor wrinkles along spine, a few rubs along fore edge. Someone lightly and neatly colored the front cover illustration and one interior drawing with colored pencil. Otherwise clean and sound.    $125.00 
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