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Author Sanders, Charles W., 1947-

Title While in the hands of the enemy : military prisons of the Civil War / Charles W. Sanders, Jr.

Publication Info. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2005]
©2005

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.77 S215W    Check Shelf
Description x, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Conflicting worlds
Conflicting worlds.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-376) and index.
Contents A people unprepared -- "The crisis is fast approaching": the initial prisoners -- "They had not been expected in such numbers": the Confederate prisoner-of-war system, July-December 1861 -- "A state of perpetual twilight": the Union prisoner-of-war system, June-December 1861 -- "Our government must change its policy": the move to the exchange cartel of 1862 -- The period of exchange under the cartel: July 1862-December 1863 -- Prelude to catastrophe: Union and Confederate prisons, July-December 1863 -- "Disgraceful to all concerned": the Union and Confederate prisoner-of-war systems, 1864 -- "Too sad to be patiently considered": the end and afterlife of the prison systems -- "The real cause of the suffering": testimony, evidence, and verdict.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Military prisons -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Military prisons -- Confederate States of America -- History -- 19th century.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Prisoners of war -- Confederate States of America -- History.
ISBN 0807130613 cloth alkaline paper
9780807130612 cloth alkaline paper
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