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The Yankee plague : escaped Union prisoners and the collapse of the Confederacy
- Title
- The Yankee plague : escaped Union prisoners and the collapse of the Confederacy / Lorien Foote.
- Author
- Foote, Lorien, 1969-
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 232 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into upstate South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of the local enslaved population, creating, in the words of contemporary observers, a "Yankee plague." In this fascinating look at Union soliders' flight for freedom in the last months of the Civil War, Lorien Foote reveals new connections between the collapse of the Confederate prison system, the large-scale escape of Union soldiers, and the full unraveling of the Confederate States of America"--
- Series Statement
- Civil War America
- Uniform Title
- Civil War America (Series)
- Subjects
- United States
- Prisoners of war
- United States > Army
- Escaped prisoners of war
- South Carolina
- North Carolina
- Armed Forces > Officers
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons
- Prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century
- South Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Prisoners
- History
- United States > Army > Officers > History > 19th century
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- 1800 - 1899
- Escaped prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century
- North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-219) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the plague -- Escape -- The world in black and white: the collapse of slavery -- They cover the land like the locusts of Egypt: the collapse of the state -- Guardian angels: the collapse of the home front -- God's country: the collapse of borders -- A futile attempt at imprisonment: the collapse of military defense -- Epilogue: terrible times in the past.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-86
- ISBN
- 9781469630557
- 1469630559
- LCCN
- 2016000575
- OCLC
- 934796941
- Author
- Foote, Lorien, 1969- author.
- Title
- The Yankee plague : escaped Union prisoners and the collapse of the Confederacy / Lorien Foote.
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Civil War AmericaCivil War America (Series)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-219) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800 - 1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-86