While in the hands of the enemy : military prisons of the Civil War / Charles W. Sanders, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Charles W., 1947-

Series:

Conflicting worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners of war.

History.

Military prisons.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

United States.

Military prisons--United States--History--19th century.

Military prisons--Confederate States of America--History--19th century.

Prisoners of war--United States--History--19th century.

Prisoners of war--Confederate States of America--History.

Physical Description:

x, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2005]

Contents:

Chapter 1 A People Unprepared 7

Chapter 2 "The Crisis Is Fast Approaching": The Initial Prisoners 25

Chapter 3 "They Had Not Been Expected in Such Numbers": The Confederate Prisoner-of-War System, July-December 1861 39

Chapter 4 "A State of Perpetual Twilight": The Union Prisoner-of-War System, June-December 1861 55

Chapter 5 "Our Government Must Change Its Policy": The Move to the Exchange Cartel of 1862 75

Chapter 6 The Period of Exchange under the Cartel: July 1862-December 1863 118

Chapter 7 Prelude to Catastrophe: Union and Confederate Prisons, July-December 1863 163

Chapter 8 "Disgraceful to All Concerned": The Union and Confederate Prisoner-of-War Systems, 1864 197

Chapter 9 "Too Sad to Be Patiently Considered": The End and Afterlife of the Prison Systems 266

Chapter 10 "The Real Cause of the Suffering": Testimony, Evidence, and Verdict 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-376) and index.

ISBN:

0807130613

OCLC:

57682407