Captives in gray the Civil War prisons of the Union /
Pickenpaugh, Roger.
Captives in gray the Civil War prisons of the Union / Roger Pickenpaugh. - Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Arrangements should be at once made" : plans and prisoners, 1861 -- "I fear they will prove an elephant" : the first wave of prisoners, 1862 -- "All seem rejoiced at the idea of going" : prisoner exchange, 1862-63 -- "In view of the awful vortex" : the collapse of the cartel and the second wave of prisoners -- "The first time I ever desired to be in a penitentiary" : capture and transport -- "Nothing to do & nothing to do it with" : the constant battle with boredom -- "i had rather bee hear then to bee a marching" : keepers in blue -- "Don't be so hasty and you may get out" : the possibility of escape -- "Almost starving in a land of plenty" : rations and retaliation -- "Inevitable death awaited its victims" : the health of the prisoners -- "Our honor could in no way be compromised" : the road to release.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780817390181
United States. Army --Prisons--History--19th century.
Military prisons--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
E615 / .C378 2009
Captives in gray the Civil War prisons of the Union / Roger Pickenpaugh. - Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Arrangements should be at once made" : plans and prisoners, 1861 -- "I fear they will prove an elephant" : the first wave of prisoners, 1862 -- "All seem rejoiced at the idea of going" : prisoner exchange, 1862-63 -- "In view of the awful vortex" : the collapse of the cartel and the second wave of prisoners -- "The first time I ever desired to be in a penitentiary" : capture and transport -- "Nothing to do & nothing to do it with" : the constant battle with boredom -- "i had rather bee hear then to bee a marching" : keepers in blue -- "Don't be so hasty and you may get out" : the possibility of escape -- "Almost starving in a land of plenty" : rations and retaliation -- "Inevitable death awaited its victims" : the health of the prisoners -- "Our honor could in no way be compromised" : the road to release.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780817390181
United States. Army --Prisons--History--19th century.
Military prisons--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
E615 / .C378 2009