I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island: Life in a Civil War Prison

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Copyright 2011 by David R. Bush Printed in the United States of America. This book is printed on Glatfelter Natures Book, a paper certified under the standards of the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). It is a recycled stock that contains 30 percent post-consumer waste and is acid-free. All rights reserved Frontispiece. Letter from Wesley Makely to his wife Catherine (Kate), Johnson’s Island, December 11, 1864. Courtesy of The Library of Virginia. 16 15 14 13 12 11 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Makely, Wesley. I fear I shall never leave this island : life in a Civil War prison / [edited and annotated by] David R. Bush. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8130-3744-8 (acid-free paper) 1. Makely, Wesley—Correspondence. 2. Johnson Island Prison. 3. Prisoners of war—Ohio—Johnson Island—Correspondence. 4. Prisoners of war—Confederate States of America—Correspondence. 5. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives, Confederate. 6. Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 18th. 7. Makely, Kate—Correspondence. I. Bush, David R. II. Title. E616.J7M35 2011 973.7'71—dc23 2011018991 The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprising Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://www.upf.com ...