02775oam 22005414a 450 991102600960332120231012023451.0979-88-908507-6-8(CKB)3710000000884713(MiAaPQ)EBC4525812(StDuBDS)EDZ0001661173(OCoLC)961414856(MdBmJHUP)muse53334(EXLCZ)99371000000088471320160111d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Yankee PlagueEscaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy /Lorien FooteChapel Hill :University of North Carolina Press,[2016]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2017©[2016]1 online resource (251 pages)Civil War AmericaPreviously issued in print: 2016.1-4696-3055-9 1-4696-3057-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the plague -- Escape -- The world in black and white: the collapse of slavery -- They cover the land like the locusts of Egypt: the collapse of the state -- Guardian angels: the collapse of the home front -- God's country: the collapse of borders -- A futile attempt at imprisonment: the collapse of military defense -- Epilogue: terrible times in the past."During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into upstate South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of the local enslaved population, creating, in the words of contemporary observers, a "Yankee plague." In this fascinating look at Union soliders' flight for freedom in the last months of the Civil War, Lorien Foote reveals new connections between the collapse of the Confederate prison system, the large-scale escape of Union soldiers, and the full unraveling of the Confederate States of America"--Provided by publisher.Civil War America (Series)Prisoners of warUnited StatesHistory19th centuryEscaped prisoners of warUnited StatesHistory19th centurySouth CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865North CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Prisoners and prisonsPrisoners of warHistoryEscaped prisoners of warHistory973.7/71Foote Lorien1969-1847921MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9911026009603321The Yankee Plague4434041UNINA