03195nam 2200721 a 450 991080781800332120200520144314.01-282-55541-397866125554111-57441-370-81-4416-4622-1(CKB)2560000000012931(EBL)517524(OCoLC)745976982(SSID)ssj0000411813(PQKBManifestationID)11274630(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411813(PQKBWorkID)10357120(PQKB)10750767(MiAaPQ)EBC517524(OCoLC)654599219(MdBmJHUP)muse6885(Au-PeEL)EBL517524(CaPaEBR)ebr10383993(CaONFJC)MIL255541(EXLCZ)99256000000001293120080423d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAndersonvilles of the North the myths and realities of Northern treatment of Civil War Confederate prisoners /James M. Gillispie1st ed.Denton, Tex. University of North Texas Pressc20081 online resource (295 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57441-255-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-271) and index.Half Title; Title Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Servants of the Devil and Jeff Davis; 2. The Lost Cause and the Southern Side of the POW Debate; 3. Continuity and Change; 4. Union Policies Regarding Prisoners of War; Photo Section; 5. Federal Policies at the Four Major Prisons in Illinois and Indiana; 6. Federal Policies at the Major Ohio Prisons; 7. Point Lookout, Fort Delaware, and Elmira; 8. The Omnipresent Specter of Disease; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; IndexArgues that the image of Union prison officials as negligent and cruel to Confederate prisoners is severely flawed. This study presents a less negative, picture of Northern prison life.Military prisonsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMilitary prisonsNortheastern StatesHistory19th centuryMilitary prisonsMiddle WestHistory19th centuryPrisoners of warMortalityUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPrisoners of warConfederate States of AmericaHistory19th centuryPrisoners of warUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Prisoners and prisonsMilitary prisonsHistoryMilitary prisonsHistoryMilitary prisonsHistoryPrisoners of warMortalityHistoryPrisoners of warHistoryPrisoners of warHistory973.7/71Gillispie James Massie1969-1609028MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807818003321Andersonvilles of the North3936040UNINA