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W. H. (William Henry) Newlin
Best known for a vivid Civil War memoir, this veteran writer left a firsthand account of imprisonment and escape that still feels immediate today. His work stands out for its plainspoken detail and the sense that the events were lived, not reconstructed later from a distance.
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An Account of the Escape of Six Federal Soldiers from Prison at Danville, Va.
by W. H. (William Henry) Newlin
About the author
W. H. Newlin, identified in library and publishing records as William Henry Newlin, is known for An Account of the Escape of Six Federal Soldiers from Prison at Danville, Va. Project Gutenberg lists him under that full name, and the book was originally published in the 1880s.
Available records connect him with Union Army service during the American Civil War. A memorial entry for William Henry Newlin describes him as an Illinois veteran, and that fits the subject of his best-known book: a personal narrative about capture, prison conditions, and escape.
Because reliable biographical information about him is limited in the sources I could confirm, it seems safest to remember him mainly through that memoir. What survives most clearly is his eyewitness storytelling and his contribution to Civil War remembrance.