The Business of Captivity
Elmira and Its Civil War Prison
Published on 19. October 2012
228 pages
978-1-61277-295-0 (ISBN)
Description
One of the many controversial issues to emerge from the Civil War was the treatment of prisoners of war. At two stockades, the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, and the Union prison at Elmira, New York, suffering was acute and mortality was high.During its single year of existence, more money was expended on the Elmira prison than in any of the other Union Stockades. Even with this record spending, a more ignominious figure was attached to Elmira: of the more than 12,000 Confederates imprisoned there, nearly 3,000 die while in captivity - the highest rate among all the Northern prisons. The authors conclusions are based on new, little-known, or never used archival materials. In a similar vein, his description of the prison culture is especially illuminating.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ashland
United States
File size
3,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-61277-295-0 (9781612772950)
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The Kent State University Press
The Business of Captivity in the Chemung Valley
Elmira and Its Civil War Prison
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09/2001
Kent State University Press
€54.65
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Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Chemung Valley Prior to Civil War
- 1. The Elmira Depot
- 2. Preparations, Arrivals, and Disaster: The Inauguration of Elmira Prison
- 3. The August Buildup
- 4. Ingredients for Survival: Food as a Necessity of Prison Life
- 5. The October Exchange
- 6. Winter's Torment
- 7. Economics on the Inside: The Prison Market, Employment, and the Inmate Social Order
- 8. Economics on the Outside: Elmira, a City on a Civil War Contract
- 9. Johnny Reb's Other Occupations
- 10. Billy Yank as Prison Keeper
- 11. March Showers, April Flowers, and the End of the Civil War
- 12. The Aftermath and the Legacy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
