Johnson's Island : A Prison for Confederate Officers

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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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Autor principal: Pickenpaugh, Roger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kent State University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Johnson Island Prison.
Prisoners of war.
Prisonniers de guerre > Ohio > Johnson, Île > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Prisoners of war > Ohio > Johnson Island > History > 19th century.
United States.
Ohio > Johnson Island.
Ohio.
Ohio > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Prisonniers et prisons.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Prisonniers et prisons.
Ohio > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
History.
Electronic books.
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.

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