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Johnson's Island : a prison for Confederate officers
- Title
- Johnson's Island : a prison for Confederate officers / Roger Pickenpaugh.
- Author
- Pickenpaugh, Roger
- Publication
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- ix, 123 pages; 23 cm
- Series Statement
- Civil War in the North
- Uniform Title
- Civil War in the North.
- Subjects
- Prisoners of war
- United States
- Johnson Island Prison
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons
- History
- 1800 - 1899
- Ohio > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Ohio > Johnson Island
- Prisoners of war > Ohio > Johnson Island > History > 19th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- IKI 16-2395
- ISBN
- 9781606352847 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1606352849 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2015036106
- OCLC
- 921821853
- Author
- Pickenpaugh, Roger, author.
- Title
- Johnson's Island : a prison for Confederate officers / Roger Pickenpaugh.
- Publisher
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Civil War in the NorthCivil War in the North.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800 - 1899
- Research Call Number
- IKI 16-2395