Border and bastille
BastilleConfederate Personal narrativesHistoryPrisoners and prisonsUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
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This is a book first published in 1863 by British novelist and lawyer George Aftred Lawrence, based upon his efforts to join the Confederacy in the American Civil War. He was convinced to travel to the South by way of the North. However, due to his outspokenness, his allegiance became known, and for which, not being able to cross the "border" into the South, was put into prison ("bastille"). He was released by the North only upon his promise to return to England. The book spends a great deal of time philosophizing about the war and sympathizing with the South. Other works during the Civil War also tended to use the word “bastille,” such as John Marshall’s “American Bastile [sic], which focused on Lincoln’s suspension of Habeas Corpus. For those looking for information about the “real” Bastille and its ties to America, much more information can be found in “George Washington’s Liberty Key: Mount Vernon’s Bastille Key.” www.LibertyKey.US
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BastilleConfederate Personal narrativesHistoryPrisoners and prisonsUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, confederate
Setting
United StatesEnglandCivil War, 1861-1865
About the author
George A. Lawrence
1827 – 1876
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