- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 123 pages)
- Series Statement
- Civil War in the North
- Uniform Title
- Johnson's Island (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Johnson's Island (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2015036106
- OCLC
- ssj0001591690
- Author
Pickenpaugh, Roger.
- Title
Johnson's Island [electronic resource] : a prison for Confederate officers / Roger Pickenpaugh.
- Imprint
Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2016]
- Series
Civil War in the North
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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