Memoir of John Yates Beall

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Memoir of John Yates Beall is written by John Yates Beall and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 151905520X (ISBN 10) and 9781519055200 (ISBN 13).

During the American Civil War, John Beall was a privateer, raiding Union ships on Chesapeake Bay. In 1864, he led a band of men on a daring raid to free Confederate prisoners on Johnson's Island in Lake Erie.Available for the first time as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones is Beall's own account of his raid on Lake Erie, his diary leading up to that period, his trial, letters, and his execution.Beall felt his actions were legitimate acts during war and that he should be treated as a POW. He was tried as a spy. This book gives a fascinating look at a man who knows his neck is bound for the gallows but is facing it without remorse or fear.