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"Out of the mouth of hell" : Civil War prisons and escapes
- Title
- "Out of the mouth of hell" : Civil War prisons and escapes / Frances H. Casstevens.
- Author
- Casstevens, Frances Harding.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, [2005], ©2005.
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- Description
- viii, 376 pages : illustrations, portraits; 26 cm
- Summary
- "Here are histories of 27 of the most significant locations utilized to hold soldiers captured on the battlefield as well as political prisoners suspected of disloyalty, focusing especially on prisoners' desperate and courageous attempts to gain freedom. Federal and Confederate facilities are each organized alphabetically for easy reference. Facts about each prison include when it was established, type of facility, location, number and kind of prisoners held, known escapes, and other available data. The histories are rich with detailed accounts of escapes and of conditions inside the prisons."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Prisoner-of-war escapes > United States > History > 19th century
- Prisoners of war > Confederate States of America > History
- Military prisons > Confederate States of America > History
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons
- Military prisons > United States > History > 19th century
- Prisoner-of-war escapes > Confederate States of America > History
- Prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-364) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Federal prisons -- I. Alton Military Prison, Alton, Illinois -- II. Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio -- III. Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois -- IV. Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana -- V. Elmira Prison, Elmira, New York -- VI. Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware -- VII. Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, New York -- VIII. Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland -- IX. Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts -- X. Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Missouri -- XI. Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, Ohio -- XII. Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio -- XIII. Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C. -- XIV. Point Lookout, Maryland -- XV. Rock Island, Illinois -- Pt. 2. Confederate prisons -- XVI. Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia -- XVII. Belle Isle, James River, Richmond, Virginia -- XVIII. Cahaba Prison, Cahaba, Alabama -- XIX. Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas -- XX. Castle Thunder, Richmond, Virginia -- XXI. Charleston, South Carolina -- XXII. Columbia, South Carolina -- XXIII. Danville, Virginia -- XXIV. Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia -- XXV. Camp Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia -- XXVI. Salisbury Prison, Salisbury, North Carolina -- XXVII. Camp Davidson, Savannah, Georgia -- App. Number of escapes from federal prisons, 1862-1865.
- ISBN
- 0786420723 (ill. case bdg. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005000093
- OCLC
- ocm57506548
- SCSB-5178641
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries