The Dahlgren expedition, February and March 1864, 1866-1868.

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The Dahlgren expedition, February and March 1864, 1866-1868.

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Consists of a handwritten reminiscence (96 p.) and a typescript (24 p.). Bartley described the expedition under the direction of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren to release Union prisoners in Richmond, Va. in 1864. He described the failure of the raid on Richmond, which resulted in the death of Dahlgren and Bartley's imprisonment from March to December 1864. He wrote about the conditions of the several prisons in which he was incarcerated including Libby Prison in Richmond and later his imprisonment in Charleston and Columbia, S.C. He cited the treatment of both officers and black prisoners, their quarters and rations, escape attempts, travel between prisons, the condition of 600 Union enlisted men who were exchanged at the time of his release, and the conditions on board the ship that took him from Charleston to Annapolis after his release. By December 22, 1864, he was home in Allegheny City, Pa.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Dahlgren, Ulric, 1842-1864

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Bartley, Rueben.

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Member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps during the Civil War. From the description of The Dahlgren expedition, February and March 1864, 1866-1868. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 24778305 ...