| Den of Misery: Indiana's Civil War Prison Contributor(s): Hall, James R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1589803515 ISBN-13: 9781589803510 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2006 Annotation: Much has been written about the horrors of Southern Civil War prisons, but very little has been written about the deplorable conditions inside Northern prisons. While deprivation affected even the civilian population of the South, the North used it as a tool to punish their prisoners. Twenty-five years after the war, a nationally prominent physician and medical researcher who had been incarcerated at Indiana's Camp Morton leveled accusations against that prison, making clear for the first time that it was as inhumane as Andersonville. This book details the cover up and denials by prominent Union politicians and military officials, and includes a complete prisoner list. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Social Science | Penology |
| Dewey: 973.772 |
| LCCN: 2005036388 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.28" W x 9.26" (0.84 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Indiana - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Much has been written about the horrors of Southern Civil War prisons, but very little has been written about the deplorable conditions inside Northern prisons. While deprivation affected even the civilian population of the South, the North used it as a tool to punish their prisoners. Twenty-five years after the war, a nationally prominent physician and medical researcher who had been incarcerated at Indiana's Camp Morton leveled accusations against that prison, making clear for the first time that it was as inhumane as Andersonville. This book details the cover up and denials by prominent Den of Misery: Indiana's Civil War Prison details the cover-ups and denials as well as the cruel realities of the prison camp and chronicles the efforts by Confederate veterans to make known the truth about their experiences. The author includes a full list of prisoners who died at Camp Morton and are buried in a mass grave in Indianapolis. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hall, James R.: - James R. Hall was a freelance writer and pastoral counselor. He lived in Shelbyville, Indiana, with his wife, a son, and their dachshunds, Maxie and Sammy. He passed away in August of 2013. |