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Confederate prisoners at Fort Delaware : the legend of mistreatment reexamined / Joel D. Citron.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Citron, Joel D., 1941-2017, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners of war.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Fort Delaware (Del.).
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
- United States.
- Prisoners of war--Delaware--Fort Delaware--History--19th century.
- Prisoners of war--Delaware--Fort Delaware--Social conditions--19th century.
- Prisoners.
- Prisoners of war--Social conditions.
- Delaware--Fort Delaware.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 228 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- "During the Civil War, drawing on contemporaneous prisoner diaries and Union Army documents (some newly discovered), the author presents a fresh and detailed study of supposed prisoner mistreatment at Fort Delaware--one of the largest Union prison camps--and draws some surprising conclusions, some of which have implications for the entire Union prison camp system"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Topography and weather
- Command structure, personnel and administration
- Prison camp administration and security
- The food ration
- The prison fund
- Shelter and clothing
- Water supply and sanitation
- Outside help
- Medical care
- Death rates: the final arbiter
- Life on Pea Patch Island
- Freedom!
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476669229
- 1476669228
- 1476628963
- 9781476628967
- OCLC:
- 1014007398
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