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Johnson's Island : a Prison for Confederate Officers.
In 1861, Lt. Col. William Hoffman was appointed to the post of commissary general of prisoners and urged to find a suitable site for the construction of what was expected to be the Union's sole military prison. After inspecting four islands in Lake Erie, Hoffman came upon one in Sandusky Bay kn...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kent State University Press,
2016.
©2016 |
| Colección: | Civil War in the North.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. "Decidedly the Best Location": Establishing the Prison; 2. "A Prison for Officers Alone": Early Days of Operation; 3. "Everything in Prison Is Elated": The Road to Exchange; 4. "It Requires Only Proper Energy and Judgment": The Second Wave of Prisoners; 5. "This Horrid Life of Inactivity": The Battle with Boredom; 6. "A Matter of Necessity": Prison Economics; 7. "A Guard for Unarmed Men": Guards and Commanders; 8. "Almost a Fixed Impossibility": Escapes and Attempts.
- 9. "The Wrath of Hunger": Rations and Union Retaliation10. "A Pitiful Scene": Climate and Health; 11. "Sad and Glad at the Same Time": The Road to Release; Notes; Bibliography; Index.