This is a frolicking true tale of adventure, hardship, and heroism during the last days of the Civil War - in the protagonist's own words.  This book recounts Federhen's often horrifying and sometimes thrilling ordeals as a starving prisoner and eventual escape to freedom.

This is a frolicking true tale of adventure, hardship, and heroism during the last days of the Civil War--in the protagonist's own words. Oscar Federhen was a new recruit to the 13th Massachusetts Light Artillery when he shipped out to Louisiana in the spring of 1864 to participate in the Red River Campaign.