| Description |
viii, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-275) and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: PAR I PIRACY IN NORTH AMERICAN WATERS-- i Three Deadly Lotteries-Ligon's Tobacco Warehouse, -- November 10-11, 18613 -- 2 "Easy Money"-The Confederate Privateersmen11 -- 3 Somehow, Hostages Made It20 -- 4 Zarvona-7 for 129 -- 5 Pirates plus Hostages, 186338 -- PART II CIVILIANS-USUALLY SITTING DUCKS45 -- 6 Big Nets and Banner Hauls47 -- 7 The Champion-Fredericksburg54 -- 8 John Brown Uses Lewis Washington61 -- 9 Phoebe Munden and Elizabeth Weeks69 -- 10 Irrepressible William P. Rucker79 -- 11 "Minor Incidents" Abounded86 -- 12 Indomitable Samuel Price95 -- 13 Vague Threats, Grim Warnings104 -- 14 Hole-in-the-Day and Fellow Tribesmen113 -- PART III PRISONS AND PRISONERS 123 -- 15 Hostages and Counterparts in Southern Prisons125 -- 16 Northern Prisons for Hostages and Equivalents 136 -- PART IV SELECTED FOR SPECIAL RISKS149 -- 17 Charleston, 1864-50/5151 -- 18 Searchers for "Infernal Devices"160 -- 19 Transportation and Communication 170 -- 20 One Clipping, Six Hundred Hostages!176 -- PART V REGULARS ANDIRREGULARS185 -- 21 Morgan, Streight, and Other Hostages in Uniform187 -- 22 Fresh and Saltwater Cases194 -- 23 Ragged Ratios203 -- 24 Trouble in Loudoun County212 -- 25 Approval at the Top218 -- 26 "Little Blood-suckers" Saved Farragut227 -- 27 William H. F. ("Rooney") Lee and Company 234 -- PART VI PROMINENT MEN WERE DEEPLY INVOLVED243 -- 28 Former Minister to France245 -- 29 Both Presidents Were Targeted254 -- 30 A Cadaver as a Hostage262 -- Bibliography272 -- Index276. |
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Hostages -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Reprisals -- History -- 19th century.
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Political kidnapping -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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| ISBN |
157249199X alkaline paper |
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