Bibliograph

Johnson's Island, a prison for Confederate officers, Roger Pickenpaugh

Type

Label

Johnson's Island, a prison for Confederate officers, Roger Pickenpaugh

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Johnson's Island

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

921821853

Responsibility statement

Roger Pickenpaugh

Series statement

Civil War in the North

Sub title

a prison for Confederate officers

Table Of Contents

"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

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