Richmond S Civil War Prisons

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Richmond S Civil War Prisons

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Author : Sandra V. Parker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

Richmond S Civil War Prisons written by Sandra V. Parker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.

Civil War Prisons

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Author : William Best Hesseltine
language : en
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Release Date : 1972

Civil War Prisons written by William Best Hesseltine and has been published by Kent State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with History categories.

"The articles in this book carefully consider the passionate and partisan documents of the era in order to arrive at a clear, dispassionate understanding of the prisons North and South, how they were administered, and what life for the captured soldiers was like" - from back cover.

Captives In Blue

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Author : Roger Pickenpaugh
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2013-02-04

Captives In Blue written by Roger Pickenpaugh and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-04 with History categories.

Captives in Blue, a study of Union prisoners in Confederate prisons, is a companion to Roger Pickenpaugh's earlier groundbreaking book Captives in Gray: The Civil War Prisons of the Union, rounding out his examination of Civil War prisoner of war facilities. In June of 1861, only a few weeks after the first shots at Fort Sumter ignited the Civil War, Union prisoners of war began to arrive in Southern prisons. One hundred and fifty years later Civil War prisons and the way prisoners of war were treated remain contentious topics. Partisans of each side continue to vilify the other for POW maltreatment. Roger Pickenpaugh's two studies of Civil War prisoners of war facilities complement one another and offer a thoughtful exploration of issues that captives taken from both sides of the Civil War faced. In Captives in Blue, Pickenpaugh tackles issues such as the ways the Confederate Army contended with the growing prison population, the variations in the policies and practices inthe different Confederate prison camps, the effects these policies and practices had on Union prisoners, and the logistics of prisoner exchanges. Digging further into prison policy and practices, Pickenpaugh explores conditions that arose from conscious government policy decisions and conditions that were the product of local officials or unique local situations. One issue unique to Captives in Blue is the way Confederate prisons and policies dealt with African American Union soldiers. Black soldiers held captive in Confederate prisons faced uncertain fates; many former slaves were returned to their former owners, while others were tortured in the camps. Drawing on prisoner diaries, Pickenpaugh provides compelling first-person accounts of life in prison camps often overlooked by scholars in the field.

Libby Prison Breakout

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Author : Joseph Wheelan
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2010-02-09

Libby Prison Breakout written by Joseph Wheelan and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-09 with History categories.

While many books have been inspired by the horrors of Andersonville prison, none have chronicled with any depth or detail the amazing tunnel escape from Libby Prison in Richmond. Now Joseph Wheelan examines what became the most important escape of the Civil War from a Confederate prison, one that ultimately increased the North's and South's willingness to use prisoners in waging "total war." In a converted tobacco warehouse, Libby's 1,200 Union officers survived on cornbread and bug-infested soup, and slept without blankets on the bare floor. With prisoner exchanges suspended, escape and death were the only ways out. Libby Prison Breakout recounts the largely unknown story of the escape of 109 steel-nerved officers through a 55-foot tunnel, and their flight in winter through the heart of the enemy homeland, amid an all-out Rebel manhunt. The officers' later testimony in Washington spurred two far-reaching investigations and a new cycle of retaliation against Rebel captives.

Richmond Prisons 1861 1862

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Author : William Hartley Jeffrey
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18

Richmond Prisons 1861 1862 written by William Hartley Jeffrey and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.

This harrowing account of life in a Confederate prison during the Civil War is based on original records kept by both the Confederate government and Union prisoners of war. Featuring detailed accounts of the experiences of individual inmates, this book provides a unique window into a dark chapter in American history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Portals To Hell

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Author : Lonnie R. Speer
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2005-01-01

Portals To Hell written by Lonnie R. Speer and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with History categories.

The holding of prisoners of war has always been both a political and a military enterprise, yet the military prisons of the Civil War, which held more than four hundred thousand soldiers and caused the deaths of fifty-six thousand men, have been nearly forgotten. Now Lonnie R. Speer has brought to life the least-known men in the great struggle between the Union and the Confederacy, using their own words and observations as they endured a true ?hell on earth.? Drawing on scores of previously unpublished firsthand accounts, Portals to Hell presents the prisoners? experiences in great detail and from an impartial perspective. The first comprehensive study of all major prisons of both the North and the South, this chronicle analyzes the many complexities of the relationships among prisoners, guards, commandants, and government leaders.

Transforming Civil War Prisons

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Author : Paul J. Springer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-04

Transforming Civil War Prisons written by Paul J. Springer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-04 with History categories.

During the Civil War, 410,000 people were held as prisoners of war on both sides. With resources strained by the unprecedented number of prisoners, conditions in overcrowded prison camps were dismal, and the death toll across Confederate and Union prisons reached 56,000 by the end of the war. In an attempt to improve prison conditions, President Lincoln issued General Orders 100, which would become the basis for future attempts to define the rights of prisoners, including the Geneva conventions. Meanwhile, stories of horrific prison experiences fueled political agendas on both sides, and would define the memory of the war, as each region worked aggressively to defend its prison record and to honor its own POWs. Robins and Springer examine the experience, culture, and politics of captivity, including war crimes, disease, and the use of former prison sites as locations of historical memory. Transforming Civil War Prisons introduces students to an underappreciated yet crucial aspect of waging war and shows how the legacy of Civil War prisons remains with us today.

Prison Camps Of The Civil War

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Author : Linda R. Wade
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2010-09

Prison Camps Of The Civil War written by Linda R. Wade and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

Looks at the situation of prisoners in the Civil War, where they were held, their care, and eventual exchange or release, including diagrams of Andersonville and Libby Prisons.

Propaganda And Prisons

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Propaganda And Prisons written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Confederate States of America categories.

Experiences In Rebel Military Prisons At Richmond Danville Andersonville And Escape From Andersonville A Paper Prepared And Read June 24th 1900 Before Detroit Post No 384 G A R

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Author : Joseph S. Keen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890

Experiences In Rebel Military Prisons At Richmond Danville Andersonville And Escape From Andersonville A Paper Prepared And Read June 24th 1900 Before Detroit Post No 384 G A R written by Joseph S. Keen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with United States categories.