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About Stephen French
Stephen French, Esq. was an American educator, lawyer and Civil War veteran. He was known for being captured by the Confederate army during the American Civil War, imprisoned at Andersonville prisoner-of-war camp, having escaped captivity for five days in the forests of Georgia, and being re-captured and re-imprisoned at Andersonville. His personal account, titled "Recollections of Five Days in the Forest of Georgia 1864. Escape from Andersonville Prison. Recapture and Final Release" was published in The National Tribune as a serial in 1926 under the title "Experiences of a Prisoner in Dixieland." His entire Civil War experience, from 1862 to 1865, is the subject of a forthcoming book – A Prisoner in Dixieland: The Civil War Memoir of Stephen French – by Potomac Books.
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- lawyer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 23, 1844
- Died
- January 2, 1929