John McElroy

Writer, Author

1846 – 1929

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Who was John McElroy?

John McElroy was an American printer, soldier, journalist and author, most known for writing the novel The Red Acorn and the four-volume Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, based upon his lengthy confinement in the Confederate Andersonville prison camp during the American Civil War.

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Born
1846
Greenup County
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Toledo
Died
1929

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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