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Rebels at Rock Island : The Story of a Civil War Prison

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 0875802672
ISBN-13 9780875802671
Publisher Cornell University Press
Imprint Northern Illinois University Press
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Sep 1st, 2000
Print length 274 Pages
Weight 907 grams
Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 2.50 cms
Ksh 5,700.00
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This work is a history of the Rock Island Barracks, one of the Union's largest camps for Confederate prisoners. The testimony of its most famous (albeit fictional) inmate Ashley Wilkes of "Gone with the Wind" fame, has helped to seal its harsh reputation.

Ashley Wilkes of Gone with the Wind helped to seal Rock Island''s reputation as the "Andersonville of the North." McAdams separates truth from fiction about the Rock Island Barracks, the prison that held tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. Revealing that Rock Island was not without its problems-ignominious punishments, inadequate facilities, malnutrition, and lack of basic supplies-McAdams shows how Union officers sought to maintain humane conditions in the face of a war that raged on longer than anyone anticipated. Two dozen rare photographs round out the unflinching descriptions of prison life.


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