Captured! : A Boy Trapped in the Civil War

by Immel, Mary Blair

• ISBN13: 9780871951847
• ISBN10: 0871951843
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Indiana Historical Society

Summary

Fourteen-year-old Johnny Ables left his farm one morning in early 1862 to gather wood, riding into danger and adventure he could never have imagined. A desperate group of Confederate soldiers kidnapped Johnny for his horses and wagon. Forced into battle at Fort Donelson, Johnny endured cannon fire and hand-to-hand combat and was stranded freezing, alone, and dazed among wounded and dying men. After a miserably cramped voyage by steamboat and train, Johnny and his kidnappers were marched to Camp Morton Prison in Indianapolis. There, Johnny struggled to survive.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Chapter 1: Strangers in the Woods	1	(8)
Chapter 2: Captured!	9	(10)
Chapter 3: No Escape	19	(10)
Chapter 4: New Friends	29	(8)
Chapter 5: The Earth Shakes	37	(8)
Chapter 6: Defeat	45	(8)
Chapter 7: Herded North	53	(12)
Chapter 8: "Heads up. Step Smartly."	65	(12)
Chapter 9: Prison Life	77	(12)
Chapter 10: A Petition for Johnny	89	(12)
Chapter 11: Will Johnny Go Free?	101	(12)
Chapter 12: Johnny Leaves Prison	113	(12)
Afterword	125	(10)
What Happened to Johnny Ables?	125	(3)
What Happened to...?	128	(7)
Glossary	135	(6)
Acknowledgments	141	(2)
Picture Credits	143	(8)
Selected Bibliography	151