The Business of Captivity : Elmira and Its Civil War Prison
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1606352660
ISBN-13
9781606352663
Publisher
Kent State University Press
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Kent State University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 1st, 2015
Print length
244 Pages
Weight
393 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 15.20 x 2.20 cms
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One of the many controversial issues to emerge from the US Civil War was the treatment of prisoners of war. At the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, and the Union prison at Elmira, New York, suffering was acute and mortality was high. This study is based on new, little-known, or never used archival materials. The description of prison culture is especially illuminating.
One of the many controversial issues to emerge from the Civil War was the treatment of prisoners of war. At two stockades, the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, and the Union prison at Elmira, New York, suffering was acute and mortality was high.
During its single year of existence, more money was expended on the Elmira prison than in any of the other Union Stockades. Even with this record spending, a more ignominious figure was attached to Elmira: of the more than 12,000 Confederates imprisoned there, nearly 3,000 die while in captivity – the highest rate among all the Northern prisons. The authors conclusions are based on new, little-known, or never used archival materials. In a similar vein, his description of the prison culture is especially illuminating.
During its single year of existence, more money was expended on the Elmira prison than in any of the other Union Stockades. Even with this record spending, a more ignominious figure was attached to Elmira: of the more than 12,000 Confederates imprisoned there, nearly 3,000 die while in captivity – the highest rate among all the Northern prisons. The authors conclusions are based on new, little-known, or never used archival materials. In a similar vein, his description of the prison culture is especially illuminating.
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