LEADER 02775oam 22005414a 450 001 9911026009603321 005 20231012023451.0 010 $a979-88-908507-6-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000884713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4525812 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001661173 035 $a(OCoLC)961414856 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53334 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000884713 100 $a20160111d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Yankee Plague$eEscaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy /$fLorien Foote 210 1$aChapel Hill :$cUniversity of North Carolina Press,$d[2016] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2017 210 4$dİ[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (251 pages) 225 0 $aCivil War America 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a1-4696-3055-9 311 $a1-4696-3057-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $a"During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into upstate South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of the local enslaved population, creating, in the words of contemporary observers, a "Yankee plague." In this fascinating look at Union soliders' flight for freedom in the last months of the Civil War, Lorien Foote reveals new connections between the collapse of the Confederate prison system, the large-scale escape of Union soldiers, and the full unraveling of the Confederate States of America"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aCivil War America (Series) 606 $aPrisoners of war$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEscaped prisoners of war$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aSouth Carolina$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865 607 $aNorth Carolina$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xPrisoners and prisons 615 0$aPrisoners of war$xHistory 615 0$aEscaped prisoners of war$xHistory 676 $a973.7/71 700 $aFoote$b Lorien$f1969-$01847921 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911026009603321 996 $aThe Yankee Plague$94434041 997 $aUNINA