John F. Schmutz

The "Immortal Six Hundred" and the Failure of the Civil War POW Exchange Process

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Produktbeschreibung

Compounding the devastating tragedy of the Civil War was the failure of the warring parties to maintain a system for exchange of prisoners of war, rather than imprisoning combatants for the duration. This failure added at least 56,000 deaths to those accumulating on the battlefield and caused the untold suffering of many thousands more. This book focuses on 600 Confederate officers, made prisoners of war, who were dispatched to Charleston Harbor to act as human shields, and were subsequently imprisoned elsewhere and deliberately starved nearly to death. These actions were the result of the breakdown of the exchange cartel, as well as the "retaliation" policies promoted by the Secretary of War and the Lincoln administration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9781476691541
• ISBN-10: 1476691541
• Artikelnr.: 72534871

Autorenporträt

John F. Schmutz, corporate attorney and U.S. Army veteran, lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface One.
The Captives Gather Two.
Prisoners at Fort Delaware Three.
The Inception of Retaliation Four.
Journey to Morris Island Five.
Prison on Morris Island Six.
Prisoner Exchanges and the Cartel Seven.
Later Prisoner Exchanges Eight.
Journey to and Confinement at Fort Pulaski Through 1864 Nine.
Fort Pulaski through March 1865 Ten.
Hilton Head Island Prison Camp Eleven.
A Sad Return to Fort Delaware Twelve.
Fort Delaware 1865 Appendix I: Post-Release Sagas Appendix II: Civil War Prisons Chapter Notes Bibliography Index