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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...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kent State University Press,
2016.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Pickenpaugh, Roger. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Johnson's Island : |b A Prison for Confederate Officers |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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 known as Johnson's Island. With a large amount of fallen timber, forty acres of cleared land, and its proximity to Sandusky, Ohio, Johnson's Island seemed the ideal location for the Union's purpose. By the following spring, Johnson's Island prison was born. Johnson's Island tells the story of the camp from its planning stages until the end of the war. Because the facility housed only officers, several literate diary keepers were on hand; author Roger Pickenpaugh draws on their accounts, along with prison records, to provide a fascinating depiction of day-to-day life. Hunger, boredom, harsh conditions, and few luxuries were all the prisoners knew until the end of the war, when at last parts of Johnson's Island were auctioned off, the post was ordered abandoned, and the island was mustered out of service. There has not been a book dedicated to Johnson's Island since 1965. Roger Pickenpaugh presents an eloquent and knowledgeable overview of a prison that played a tremendous role in the lives of countless soldiers. It is a book sure to interest Civil War buffs and scholars alike. | ||
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