Richard E. Quest

I Held Lincoln (eBook, PDF)

A Union Sailor''s Journey Home

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Produktbeschreibung

Lt. Benjamin Loring (1824-1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor. He commanded no armies and devised no grand strategies. Loring was a sailor who just wanted to return home, where the biggest story of his life awaited him. Covering almost a year of Loring's service, I Held Lincoln describes the lieutenant's command of the gunboat USS Wave, the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, the surrender of his ship, and his capture by the Confederates. He was incarcerated in Camp Groce, a deadly Confederate prison where he endured horrific conditions and abuse. Loring attempted to escape, evading capture for ten days behind enemy lines, only to be recaptured just a few miles from freedom. After an arduous second escape, he finally reached the safety of Union lines and gained his freedom. On the night of April 14, 1865, Loring attended Ford's Theater and witnessed one of the single most tragic events in American history: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. After the shot rang out, Loring climbed into the presidential box and assisted the dying president, helping to carry him across the street to the Peterson House. Using Loring's recently discovered private journal, Richard E. Quest tells this astonishing story, giving insight into a little-known Confederate prison camp during the last days of the Civil War and providing much-deserved recognition to a man whose journey was nearly lost to American history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781640120563
• Artikelnr.: 72457668

Autorenporträt

Richard E. Quest is the national director of education with the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, a nonprofit organization located in Arlington, Virginia. The organization is dedicated to providing young men and women the opportunity to experience, explore, and further develop their leadership skills as part of the official youth leadership program of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. A former history teacher, Quest has held administrative positions in public education and was a dean and associate vice president of several colleges. He is a member of the Loudoun County Civil War Round Table and is a guide at the Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park in Virginia.    

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface: The Loring Project
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
1. Getting in the Fight
2. The Wave
3. A Seasick Wave
4. No Coal
5. The Enemy Is Close By
6. A Precious Rose
7. Chicken Feed
8. Prison
9. Escape!
10. Through the Wall
11. On the Outside
12. Plantations
13. Dog Ranch
14. De Doe Is Dead?!
15. The Hunter
16. Interrogation
17. A Night Drive
18. A Confederate Bastille
19. Anderson Grimes County Jail
20. The Old Pen Again
21. Deadliest Killer
22. Making the Best of It
23. The Swamp
24. Tied Up
25. The Power of the Pen(cil) 
26. Navigating by the Wind
27. Parched Corn
28. Over the River and through the Woods
29. Bear Swamp
30. Confederate Potatoes
31. Goodbye, Texas
32. Home Guard and Yankee Prisoners
33. Old Friends?
34. Your Passes or Your Life!
35. Where Is My Penknife?
36. The Last Toenail
37. A Burned Bridge
38. Chimneys on the Horizon
39. Lincoln Coffee and a Civilized Bed
40. The Surprise
41. Washington Navy Yard
42. I Held Lincoln
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography