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I. N. (Isaac N.) Johnston

A Union Army captain turned firsthand war memoirist, this 19th-century writer is remembered for a vivid account of Libby Prison, escape, and the Atlanta campaign. His book has endured because it reads less like distant history and more like lived experience.

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Four Months in Libby and the Campaign Against Atlanta

Four Months in Libby and the Campaign Against Atlanta

by I. N. (Isaac N.) Johnston

About the author

I. N. Johnston, identified in library and ebook records as Isaac N. Johnston, wrote Four Months in Libby and the Campaign Against Atlanta, published in 1864. The book was printed in Cincinnati "for the author," and later records consistently list him as the author of that Civil War memoir.

Project Gutenberg's summary of the work describes him as a captain in the Sixth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The memoir centers on his imprisonment in Richmond's Libby Prison, his escape, and his return to the field during the campaign against Atlanta, giving readers a direct, personal view of war rather than a later retelling.

Reliable biographical detail beyond the book itself is limited in the sources I could confirm here. A Find a Grave record matching Isaac N. Johnston lists dates of 1845–1923, but because fuller corroborating biographical sources were not available in this search, it's best to treat him primarily as a Civil War memoirist known for this one surviving firsthand narrative.