Yankee plague : escaped Union prisoners and the collapse of the Confederacy /

During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from prison camps into South and North Carolina. In this look at Union soldiers' flight for freedom in the last months of the Civil War, Lorien Foote reveals connections between the collapse of the Confederate prison sy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foote, Lorien, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2017.
Colección:Civil War America.
Temas:
United States. > Army > Officers > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army.
1800-1899
Escaped prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century.
Prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century.
Prisonniers de guerre évadés > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Armed Forces > Officers.
Escaped prisoners of war.
Prisoners of war.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
South Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Prisonniers et prisons.
Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Caroline du Sud > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
North Carolina.
South Carolina.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the plague
  • Escape
  • The world in black and white: the collapse of slavery
  • They cover the land like the locusts of Egypt: the collapse of the state
  • Guardian angels: the collapse of the home front
  • God's country: the collapse of borders
  • A futile attempt at imprisonment: the collapse of military defense
  • Epilogue: terrible times in the past.

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