Foote, Lorien,  1969- <br/><br/>
Yankee plague :  escaped Union prisoners and the collapse of the Confederacy / 
Lorien Foote. 
 - Chapel Hill :  The University of North Carolina Press,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource :  illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). 
 - Civil War America .
<br/><br/> Previously issued in print: 2016. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: the plague --  Escape --  The world in black and white: the collapse of slavery --  They cover the land like the locusts of Egypt: the collapse of the state --  Guardian angels: the collapse of the home front --  God's country: the collapse of borders --  A futile attempt at imprisonment: the collapse of military defense --  Epilogue: terrible times in the past. 
<br/><br/> During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from prison camps into South and North Carolina. In this look at Union soldiers' flight for freedom in the last months of the Civil War, Lorien Foote reveals connections between the collapse of the Confederate prison system, the large-scale escape of Union soldiers, and the unravelling of the Confederate States of America. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781469630571 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army --Officers--History--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Escaped prisoners of war--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Prisoners of war--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E611  / .Y365 2017