John McElroy

John McElroy

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John McElroy (1846–1929) was an American printer, soldier, journalist and author, known mainly 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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John McElroy was born on 1846 in Greenup County, Kentucky. He was best known as a writer. McElroy's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on 1929.

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