The Last Prison: The Untold Story of Camp Groce CSA [Paperback]

Danial Francis Lisarelli (Author), John Read (Foreword), Danial F. Lisarelli (Author)

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From the Publisher

Five years ago, I was told that Union prisoners of war from the Civil War were buried in Hempstead, Texas. In being a descendent of six Union veterans of the Civil War, I was obligated to investigate. The story turned out to be true, but there was much more to it than what I bargained for.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Universal Publishers; 1 edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581127839
• ISBN-13: 978-1581127836
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,224,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally--A Source for Camp Groce Information, April 4, 2001

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This review is from: The Last Prison: The Untold Story of Camp Groce CSA (Paperback)

While researching my husband's family history, I discovered that Charles Washington Guy, the brother of my husband's ancestor, died as a prisoner in Texas during the Civil War. The information in his parent's pension application was confused as to his final fate--whether he died in Camp Ford or Camp Groce. Since last year, I've anxiously searched to find out exactly what happened to Charles. The internet contained only the most general information on Camp Groce. I was very happy to FINALLY find a source to check--The Last Prison. Mr. Lisarelli has spent much time and effort to gather information that would have been almost impossible to find on my own with my limited resources. The photos are a little gray and fuzzy in tone (but that's better than no photos since they help to personalize the human tragedy of this subject). Thank you, Mr. Lisarelli for helping me to finally find Charles.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Last Prison, July 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Last Prison: The Untold Story of Camp Groce CSA (Paperback)

While the topic is original, the writing and presentation are extremely poor. Significant effort went into this book, unfortunately the result does not reflect this. It is a good source of information, but it was clearly written by an amateur.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An unknown Civil War story comes to life., March 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Last Prison: The Untold Story of Camp Groce CSA (Paperback)

This is a great story of a Civil War prison camp that was almost unknown. The book tells the whole story including the list of all the prisoners who were there and the ones who died. Important story.