This was not Corporal William H. Merrells first time on the - TopicsExpress



          

This was not Corporal William H. Merrells first time on the Manassas battlefield. He was captured at First Bull Run and held in Richmond for five months. In 1862, after his exchange, he published a memoir entitled Five Months in Rebeldom. In this memoir he described Sgt. Wirz - one of the first accounts of the man who later commanded Andersonville. You can read his captivity memoir at https://archive.org/details/fivemonthsinrebe00merr
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:37:13 +0000

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