Andersonvilles of the North : the myths and realities of Northern treatment of Civil War Confederate prisoners / James M. Gillispie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillispie, James Massie, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army.

Prisoners of war.

History.

Military prisons.

Prisons.

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

United States.

United States. Army--Prisons--History--19th century.

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

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

Military prisons--Middle West--History--19th century.

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

Prisoners of war--Mortality.

Prisoners of war--Confederate States of America--History--19th century.

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

Middle West.

Northeastern States.

Physical Description:

vii, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [2008]

Contents:

1 Servants of the Devil and Jeff Davis: The Northern Version of the POW Experience, 1865-1920 6

2 The Lost Cause and the Southern Side of the Pow Debate 1865-1920 27

3 Continuity and Change: Modern Writers and the Issue of Federal Treatment of Confederate Prisoners 51

4 Union Policies, 1861-1865 71

5 Federal Policies at the Four Major Prisons in Illinois and Indiana 109

6 Federal Policies at the Major Ohio Prisons 153

7 Point Lookout, Fort Delaware, and Elmira 178

8 The Omnipresent Specter of Disease 217

Appendix A Recovery Rates From Disease at the Nine Major Union Prisons and at Chimborazo Hospital 247

Appendix B Leading Killers of Confederate Prisoners of War 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-271) and index.

ISBN:

9781574412550

1574412558

OCLC:

227031446