Joel D. Citron

Confederate Prisoners at Fort Delaware

The Legend of Mistreatment Reexamined

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Produktbeschreibung

During the Civil War, each side accused the other of mistreating prisoners of war. Today, most historians believe that there was systemic and deliberate abuse of POWs by both sides yet many base their conclusions on anecdotal evidence, much of it from postwar writings. Drawing on both contemporaneous prisoner diaries and Union Army documents (some newly discovered), the author presents a fresh and detailed study of supposed mistreatment of prisoners at Fort Delaware--one of the largest Union prison camps--and draws surprising conclusions, some of which have implications for the entire Union prison system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781476669229
• ISBN-10: 1476669228
• Artikelnr.: 48030862

Autorenporträt

The late Joel D. Citron was a career chemist and a long-time volunteer at Fort Delaware State Park, doing first person historical interpretation of Captain G. S. Clark, the Commissary of Subsistence officer during the Civil War. He lived in Wilmington, Delaware.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations viii Preface
1.
Topography and Weather
2.
Command Structure, Personnel and Administration
3.
Prison Camp Administration and Security
4.
The Food Ration
5.
The Prison Fund
6.
Shelter and Clothing
7.
Water Supply and Sanitation
8.
Outside Help
9.
Medical Care 10.
Death Rates: The Final Arbiter 11.
Life on Pea Patch Island 12.
FREEDOM! 13.
Conclusions Epilogue Appendix: The Shotwell Fort Delaware "Diary" Chapter Notes Bibliography Index