Famous Prison Escapes of the Civil War

This book covers all of the heroism, cruelty, and foulness of the Civil War prisons and the escapes from them. All of the chapters are written by the actual people who participated in them, making it really a collection of memoirs. It is a good book to read if you want to know more firsthand what it was like in Civil War prisons and escaping from the south, or if you would just like something to entertain you.