From: "Seymour, Janet I" <DYKEMAJI@uwec.edu> Subject: FW: Author available for presentations - new book on Newell Burch, Civil War soldier Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:44:07 +0000 Message-ID: <MWHPR08MB2862774B4ABCCCBEF58E8228B8B80@MWHPR08MB2862.namprd08.prod.outlook.com>
New author Dustyn Dubuque available for talks at your organization
Dustyn Dubuque's new nonfiction title, "How Newell Burch Survived Andersonv
ille Prison, Among the First to Arrive and Last to Leave." focuses on a sel
fless Wisconsin man who survived months at the notorious Andersonville Pris
on.
Newell Burch was a man of great integrity and selflessness. As a young boy
from New York, he enlisted in the Civil War to fight for the Union Army. Bu
rch spent most of his time in the Civil War as a prisoner of war. He kept a
diary of his daily life as a soldier. When he completed a bound book, he m
ailed it home. Thus, we have a primary account of his experiences, which is
unusual.
Burch spent 21 months as a prisoner of war, in Belle Island and Andersonvil
le prisons. Andersonville, Georgia, was home to what many call the "deadlie
st" prisoner of war cap during the Civil War. More than 45,000 Union soldie
rs were imprisoned at Andersonville with more than 13,000 dying inside its
walls. Conditions were deplorable: prisoners had poor shelter, fed little f
ood, and had very little for clothing.
Burch wrote all about these experiences, surviving such a traumatic ordeal.
Upon his release, he met his wife in Cincinnati until they moved to Menomo
nie in 1869 where he opened the Burch Mercantile Co. and worked for the Kna
pp, Stout and Company Co. Burch is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Menomoni
e.
Dubuque, a Dunn County native, learned of Newell Burch's diary from working
at the Dunn County Historical Society (DCHS) which he learned had a digita
l copy of the diary and other physical items of Burch's. The diaries became
the subject of Dubuque's master's thesis completed at UW-Eau Claire. When
finished, Dubuque thought Newell's story is one that many people would find
interesting and worked closely with Monarch Tree Publishing to share it wi
th the public. Books can also be ordered at monarchtreepublishing.com<http
://monarchtreepublishing.com/>.
If you have any interest in bringing me (Dustyn Dubuque) to your establishm
ent for a presentation, please email me at dustyn.dubuque@hotmail.com<mailt
o:dustyn.dubuque@hotmail.com>.
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