A Northern Confederate at Johnson's Island Prison

<p> A college graduate at 16 and a founder of the Sigma Chi fraternity Caldwell entered the Confederate Army as an artillery lieutenant. He fought at Shiloh Port Hudson and other campaigns before being captured in 1863 and imprisoned on Johnson's Island in Lake Erie near Sandusky Ohio. He kept a daily diary for 18 months describing the prison food and conditions as well as his classical and intellectual interests. The book features letters a poem notes and an index.</p>