I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island : Life in a Civil War Prison /

Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was the only Civil War prison in the North to house Confederate officers almost exclusively, resulting in a distinctive prison culture. David Bush has led archaeological investigations at the prison site, and in this book pairs this with a reading of extant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Makely, Wesley
Other Authors: Bush, David R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Makely, Wesley.
Makely, Kate.
Makely, Kate > Correspondence.
Makely, Wesley > Correspondence.
Johnson Island Prison.
Confederate States of America. > Army. > Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 18th.
Prisoners of war.
Prisonniers de guerre > Ohio > Johnson, Île > Correspondance.
Prisonniers de guerre > États confederes d'Amerique > Correspondance.
Prisoners of war > Confederate States of America > Correspondence.
Prisoners of war > Ohio > Johnson Island > Correspondence.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
Ohio > Johnson Island.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels des confederes.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Recits personnels.
Correspondance privee.
Personal narratives.
Personal correspondence.
Personal narratives > Confederate.
History.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Johnson's Island Prison
  • Where is your letter? (August 16-December 13, 1863)
  • Thoughts of exchange (December 24, 1863-May 8, 1864)
  • Sending images (May 11-September 15, 1864)
  • Hard rubber and hard times (September 19, 1864-March 12, 1865)
  • Going home (March 21-April 29, 1865)
  • The prisoner-of-war experience.

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