Forgotten patriots : the untold story of American prisoners during the Revolutionary War

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Forgotten patriots : the untold story of American prisoners during the Revolutionary War

Title remainder

the untold story of American prisoners during the Revolutionary War

Statement of responsibility

Edwin G. Burrows

Creator

• Burrows, Edwin G., 1943-2018

Subject

• American Revolution (1775-1783)
• Amerikanischer Kriegsgefangener
• Armed Forces -- Prisons
• Great Britain
• Great Britain, Army
• Great Britain, Army -- Prisons | History -- 18th century
• Großbritannien
• History
• Kriegsgefangenenlager
• Military history
• Military prisons
• Military prisons -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 18th century
• 1700 - 1799
• New York (N.Y.) -- History, Military -- 18th century
• New York (State) -- New York
• New York <NY>
• Prisoners of war
• Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
• Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 18th century
• USA -- Revolution
• United States
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons, British
• Militär

Genre

• Military history
• History

Language

eng

Summary

Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown, and just over 6,800 died in battle. About 25,000 became prisoners of war, most of them confined in New York City under conditions so atrocious that they perished by the thousands. Evidence suggests that at least 17,500 Americans may have died in these prisons--more than twice the number to die on the battlefield. New York City was the principal base of the Crown's military operations. Beginning with the American captives taken during the 1776 invasion of New York, captured Americans were stuffed into a hastily assembled collection of public buildings, sugar houses, and prison ships. The prisoners were shockingly overcrowded and chronically underfed--those who escaped alive told of comrades so hungry they ate their own clothes and shoes. This book is the first-ever account of these hell-holes, a sobering commentary on how much we have forgotten about our struggle for independence

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.3/71

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

E281

LC item number

.B87 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography