02451nam 2200589 450 991081608020332120230808202825.01-63101-203-71-63101-202-9(CKB)3880000000021745(EBL)4338307(SSID)ssj0001591690(PQKBManifestationID)16287745(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591690(PQKBWorkID)14789416(PQKB)10312773(MiAaPQ)EBC4338307(OCoLC)935921439(MdBmJHUP)muse51046(Au-PeEL)EBL4338307(CaPaEBR)ebr11146621(CaONFJC)MIL948402(EXLCZ)99388000000002174520160205h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJohnson's Island a prison for Confederate officers /Roger PickenpaughKent, Ohio :The Kent State University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (104 p.)Civil War in the NorthDescription based upon print version of record.1-60635-284-9 Includes bibliographical references and index."Decidedly the best location": establishing the prison -- "A prison for officers alone": early days of operation -- "Everything in prison is elated": the road to exchange -- "It requires only proper energy and judgment": the second wave of prisoners -- "This horrid life of inactivity": the battle with boredom -- "A matter of necessity": prison economics -- "A guard for unarmed men": guards and commanders -- "Almost a fixed impossibility": escapes and attempts -- "The wrath of hunger": rations and Union retaliation -- "A pitiful scene": climate and health -- "Sad and glad at the same time": the road to release.Civil War in the North.Prisoners of warOhioJohnson IslandHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Prisoners and prisonsOhioHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Prisoners and prisonsPrisoners of warHistory973.7/71Pickenpaugh Roger1604454MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816080203321Johnson's Island3929296UNINA