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Autore: | Pickenpaugh Roger |
Titolo: | Johnson's Island : a prison for Confederate officers / / Roger Pickenpaugh |
Pubblicazione: | Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2016 |
©2016 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (104 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.7/71 |
Soggetto topico: | Prisoners of war - Ohio - Johnson Island - History - 19th century |
Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons |
Ohio History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | "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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Johnson's Island |
ISBN: | 1-63101-203-7 |
1-63101-202-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910796670703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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