| Confederate Prisoners at Fort Delaware Contributor(s): Citron, Joel D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476669228 ISBN-13: 9781476669229 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States - Social Science | Penology |
| Dewey: 975.11 |
| LCCN: 2017056468 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7.2" W x 10.1" (0.92 lbs) 238 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Delaware |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the Civil War, each side accused the other of mistreating prisoners of war. Today, most historians believe that there was systemic and deliberate abuse of POWs by both sides yet many base their conclusions on anecdotal evidence, much of it from postwar writings. Drawing on both contemporaneous prisoner diaries and Union Army documents (some newly discovered), the author presents a fresh and detailed study of supposed mistreatment of prisoners at Fort Delaware--one of the largest Union prison camps--and draws surprising conclusions, some of which have implications for the entire Union prison system. |