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The story of Camp Douglas : Chicago's forgotten Civil War prison /
- Title
- The story of Camp Douglas : Chicago's forgotten Civil War prison / David L. Keller.
- Author
- Keller, David L., 1940-
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- 255 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Prisoners of war
- United States
- Soldiers
- Illinois
- Prisons > history
- Prisoners of war > Illinois > Camp Douglas > History
- History
- Camp Douglas (Ill.) > History
- USA > Südstaaten
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Military Personnel > history
- Illinois > Camp Douglas
- History, 19th Century
- Health Services > history
- Kriegsgefangener
- United States > Confederate States of America
- Prisoners of war > Confederate States of America > History
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons
- 1861 - 1865
- Prisoners > history
- Soldiers > Illinois > Camp Douglas > History
- Chicago
- Camp Douglas Chicago, Ill
- United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War > Prisoners and prisons
- Illinois > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
- American Civil War
- Prisoners of war > Camp Douglas (Ill.) > History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.
- Contents
- The role of Chicago in the Civil War -- Creation and development of Camp Douglas -- Camp Douglas as a reception and training center for Union troops -- History of the treatment of prisoners of war in America -- Camp Douglas selected as a prisoner camp and prisoners arrive -- Camp Douglas and U.S. prison camp leadership -- Prisoner exchanges under the Dix-Hill Cartel and oath of allegiance -- Prison life : stories and treatment from the prisoners' perspectives -- Prisoner health and medical care -- Death in the Civil War and at Camp Douglas -- The Conspiracy of 1864 -- Reasons for conditions and death at Camp Douglas -- Other Union and Confederate prison camps.
- ISBN
- 9781626199118
- 1626199116
- LCCN
- 2014958795
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library