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The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison Michael P. Gray
The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison
Michael P. Gray
One of the many controversial issues to emerge from the US Civil War was the treatment of prisoners of war. At the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, and the Union prison at Elmira, New York, suffering was acute and mortality was high. This study is based on new, little-known, or never used archival materials. The description of prison culture is especially illuminating.
244 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 1, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781606352663 |
| Publishers | Kent State University Press |
| Pages | 244 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 231 × 22 mm · 393 g |