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John Hill Aughey John Hill Aughey (1803-1879) was a native of New York, and up to Secession of the Southern States, a Presbyterian minister working in Mississippi. He was imprisoned and condemned to execution by the brutal officials of the South for his outspoken anti-Secession and pro-Union beliefs. He makes a truly miraculous escape, to report the details of his ordeal in what was to become a highly praised and popular autobiography. He originally wrote of his personal experiences in a book called The Iron Furnace of Secession, published in 1863. He greatly expanded on this work, and published it in a new edition called Tupelo in 1888. In 1905 Rhodes & McClure published a further version of it. Many accolades from well known individuals, including Horace Greeley, were given for Aughey's memoirs after their original publication. Tupelo |
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