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Author Levy, George.

Title To die in Chicago : Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas, 1862-65 / George Levy.

Publication Info. Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub., 1999.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.772 L668T    Check Shelf
Edition Revised.
Description 446 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chronology of events -- The war capital of the West -- Troubles at camp -- Creating a prison system -- The Confederacy in Chicago -- Charges of mismanagement -- The Conspiracy of 1862 -- The iron rule of General Daniel Tyler -- Biological warfare -- Daring escape from White Oak Dungeon -- Cruelty under Colonel De Land -- Unfit to use -- The fall and rise of a commandant -- The beat of a different drummer -- What a child saw at Camp Douglas -- The puny boys of Summer -- Whether 'Tis nobler in the mind -- The long winter of the Confederacy -- The tower -- Winding down the war -- An end to cruelty -- Lost in Chicago.
Summary Camp Douglas was built in 1861 as a Union recruiting and training depot, but by December 1864, it held over 12,000 prisoners of war, many of whom died of "starvation, neglect, cruelty, ... pneumonia, dysentery, and small pox."--Jacket.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Camp Douglas (Ill.) -- History.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Other Form: Online version: Levy, George. To die in Chicago. Rev. Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub., 1999 (OCoLC)606004883
ISBN 1565543319 hardcover alkaline paper
9781565543317 hardcover alkaline paper
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