Captives in Gray : The Civil War Prisons of the Union / Roger Pickenpaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pickenpaugh, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Military prisons.

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

United States.

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

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Perhaps no topic is more heated, and the sources more tendentious, than that of Civil War prisons and the treatment of prisoners of war (POWs). Partisans of each side, then and now, have vilified the other for maltreatment of their POWs, while seeking to excuse their own distressing record of prisoner of war camp mismanagement, brutality, and incompetence. It is only recently that historians have turned their attention to this contentious topic in an attempt to sort the wheat of truth from the chaff of partisan rancor.Roger Pickenpaugh has previously studied a Union prison camp in careful deta

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. “Arrangements should be at once made�: Plans and Prisoners, 1861""; ""2. “I fear they will prove an elephant�: The First Wave of Prisoners, 1862""; ""3. “All seem rejoiced at the idea of going�: Prisoner Exchange, 1862�63""; ""4. “In view of the awful vortex�: The Collapse of the Cartel and the Second Wave of Prisoners""; ""5. “The first time I ever desired to be in a penitentiary�: Capture and Transport""; ""6. “Nothing to do & nothing to do it with�: The Constant Battle with Boredom""

""7. “i had rather bee hear then to bee a marching�: Keepers in Blue""""8. “Don�t be so hasty and you may get out�: The Possibility of Escape""; ""9. “Almost starving in a land of plenty�: Rations and Retaliation""; ""10. “Inevitable death awaited its victims�: The Health of the Prisoners""; ""11. “Our honor could in no way be compromised�: The Road to Release""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-278) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780817390181

0817390189

OCLC:

916954289