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| Acknowledgments | ||
| Editors' Note | ||
| Prologue | 1 | |
| Captured at Shiloh, April 6, 1862 | ||
| Eyewitness Account | ||
| John H. Stibbs, Company D: Account of Surrender at Shiloh | 25 | |
| Prison Accounts: Enlisted Men | ||
| Charles L. Sumbardo, Company I: Incidents of Prison Life | 29 | |
| George Erwin Comstock, Company C: Reminiscences of S. C. Beck in Prison Life | 42 | |
| Seth Jones Crowhurst, Company E: Reminiscences of a Union Soldier | 46 | |
| Letter: October 24, 1862 | 51 | |
| Letter: November 5, 1862 | 52 | |
| Bryon P. Zuver, Company D: Prisoner of War | 55 | |
| Prison Accounts: Lieutenants | ||
| Luther W. Jackson, Company H: A Prison Diary | 65 | |
| John W. Gift, Company F: Speech Delivered in Delhi, Iowa, November 1862 | 87 | |
| Joseph B. Dorr, Company I: Journal of My Imprisonment in the Rebellion | 92 | |
| Letter: June 11, 1862 | 105 | |
| Letter: July 16, 1862 | 107 | |
| Prison Accounts: Officers | ||
| John H. Stibbs, Company D: An Account of Southern Prisons | 110 | |
| An Open Letter | 123 | |
| Edward M. Van Duzee, Company I: Incidents of Prison Life in 1862 | 126 | |
| William W. Warner, Company C | ||
| Letter: April 29, 1862 | 156 | |
| Letter: May 23, 1862 | 157 | |
| Letter: May 28, 1862 | 158 | |
| Letter: June 13, 1862 | 159 | |
| Release and Parole | ||
| Erastus B. Soper, Company D: Paroled Prisoners from Macon, Georgia, to St. Louis | 160 | |
| Captured at Corinth, October 3, 1862 | ||
| Eyewitness Account | ||
| Erastus B. Soper, Company D: Excerpts from the "History of Company D, 12th Iowa" | 175 | |
| Prison Account | ||
| Allen M. Blanchard, Company D: Reminiscences of the Capture and Detention of Allen M. Blanchard, as a Prisoner of War | 178 | |
| Captured at Jackson, July 11, 1863 | ||
| Prison Account | ||
| George Erwin Comstock, Company C: A Prison Diary | 195 | |
| Captured at Tupelo, July 13 and 15, 1864 | ||
| Eyewitness Accounts | ||
| Frederick Humphrey, Chaplain: The 12th Iowa at the Battle of Tupelo: Letter from an Eye Witness | 225 | |
| William L. Henderson, Company C | ||
| Letter: July 21, 1864 | 230 | |
| Prison Accounts | ||
| Edwin A. Buttolph, Company D: Reminiscences of the Second Capture of Edwin A. Buttolph on July 13, 1864, and His Detention in Rebel Prisons: Prepared by Himself | 233 | |
| John De Vine, Company I: An Account of Castle Morgan, Cahaba | 243 | |
| J. Warren Cotes, Company I: A Brief Account of the Experience in Captivity of the Men Captured at Tupelo, July 15th, 1864 | 246 | |
| An Open Letter | 257 | |
| Epilogue: John H. Stibbs: Andersonville and the Trial of Henry Wirz | 262 | |
| Biographies of Individuals Mentioned in the Accounts | 281 | |
| Notes | 311 | |
| Literature Cited | 323 | |
| Index | 329 |
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David Villa
reviewed A Perfect Picture of Hell: Eyewitness Accounts by Civil War Prisoners from the 12th Iowa on April 17, 2009
A Perfect Picture of Hell: Eyewitness Accounts by Civil War Prisoners from the 12th Iowa
Major Dick Winters was a diligent soldier, caring humanitarian and just who you'd want to lead a troop of men into the worst of war zones.
He is most well-known from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' World War II miniseries Band of Brothers, which dramatized the valiant efforts of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from D-Day through to the end of the European stage of the war.
Major Winters' memoir takes a brief glance at his youth before diving headlong into his time with the army and his involvement in WWII. It finishes just as briefly, rounding out his post-war career and retirement, with a coda comprising some of the leadership topics he lectured upon for audiences towards the end of his life.
Winters' friend, the historian Stephen E. Ambrose wrote a great book about Easy Company's accomplishments. It takes a broad view of the war and the company as a whole. Then there are memoirs by other company members, such as non-commissioned officer Sergeant Donald G. Malarkey, which focuses much more on the men, their personalities and individual achievements. Winter's book is somewhere in between.
Beyond Band of Brothers is an officer's look at the war, and a very competent officer he was! The prose is soldierly efficient. Winters lavishes praise upon the men he served with and only occasionally he is critical. You can tell how damn proud he was to serve with these men, even when he's not flat out telling you.
I've watched the miniseries a number of times. I've read a few books about this company. I know the men's names. I know their faces. It is truly amazing what the went through. I'll always be thankful.
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