Project Gutenberg 2010-04-05 Public domain in the USA. 545 Cooper, A. (Alonzo) 1830 1919 Cooper, Alonzo In and Out of Rebel Prisons Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "In and Out of Rebel Prisons" by A. Cooper is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the author's experiences as a Union officer during the American Civil War, specifically focusing on his time as a prisoner of war in Confederate prisons. The narrative emphasizes the conditions faced by Union officers in various prisons and recounts the author's observations of battles, the prison system, and the overall plight of soldiers during this tumultuous period. The opening of this work introduces readers to the author's dedication to a comrade and provides a frame of reference for the various prisons mentioned throughout the text. A Cooper explains his experiences with a somewhat optimistic lens, contrasting the suffering experienced by rank-and-file soldiers with the relatively better conditions faced by officers. He sets the stage by detailing scenes from his imprisonment, along with descriptions of the immediate environment, military operations, and the psychological challenges that he and his fellow prisoners faced. The narrative begins by highlighting the circumstances surrounding the Battle of Plymouth, revealing the onset of hardships as the author transitions from an officer to a prisoner, establishing a backdrop for the accounts that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Soldiers -- New York (State) -- Biography New York (State) -- Biography Cooper, A. (Alonzo), 1830-1919 E456 Text US Civil War Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: History - Warfare 526568 2025-08-13T06:47:20.784174 text/html 536536 2021-01-06T10:39:06 text/html 1124006 2025-08-13T06:47:32.126676 application/epub+zip 1127962 2025-08-13T06:47:24.255155 application/epub+zip 254838 2025-08-13T06:47:22.698194 application/epub+zip 1361320 2025-08-13T06:47:37.486619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1301993 2025-08-13T06:47:30.965627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401114 2022-09-14T15:26:10.247070 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448253 2025-08-13T06:47:19.383247 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 448168 2021-01-06T10:39:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19753 2025-08-13T06:47:37.630582 application/rdf+xml 12893 2025-08-13T06:47:23.291155 image/jpeg 3790 2025-08-13T06:47:23.015171 image/jpeg 1000939 2021-01-06T10:39:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 169435 2021-01-06T10:39:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 1080375 2025-08-13T06:47:20.864258 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog