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Andersonvilles of the North : the myths and realities of Northern treatment of Civil War Confederate prisoners / James M. Gillispie.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781441646224
  • 1441646221
  • 9781597345811
  • 1597345814
  • 1282555413
  • 9781282555419
  • 9786612555411
  • 6612555416
  • 1574413708
  • 9781574413700
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Andersonvilles of the North.DDC classification:
  • 973.7/71 22
LOC classification:
  • E615 .G55 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Servants of the devil and Jeff Davis : the Northern version of the POW experiences, 1865-1920 -- The lost cause and the Southern side of the POW debate, 1865-1920 -- Continuity and change : modern writers and the issues of Federal treatment of Confederate prisoners -- Union policies, 1861-1865 -- Federal policies at the four major prisons in Illinois and Indiana -- Federal policies at the major Ohio prisons -- Point Lookout, Fort Delaware, and Elmira -- The omnipresent specter of disease.
Summary: Argues that the image of Union prison officials as negligent and cruel to Confederate prisoners is severely flawed. This study presents a less negative, picture of Northern prison life.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-271) and index.

Servants of the devil and Jeff Davis : the Northern version of the POW experiences, 1865-1920 -- The lost cause and the Southern side of the POW debate, 1865-1920 -- Continuity and change : modern writers and the issues of Federal treatment of Confederate prisoners -- Union policies, 1861-1865 -- Federal policies at the four major prisons in Illinois and Indiana -- Federal policies at the major Ohio prisons -- Point Lookout, Fort Delaware, and Elmira -- The omnipresent specter of disease.

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Argues that the image of Union prison officials as negligent and cruel to Confederate prisoners is severely flawed. This study presents a less negative, picture of Northern prison life.

English.

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