Author: James Parks Caldwell
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786456191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A college graduate at 16 and a founder of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Caldwell entered the Confederate Army as an artillery lieutenant. He fought at Shiloh, Port Hudson and other campaigns before being captured in 1863 and imprisoned on Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio. He kept a daily diary for 18 months, describing the prison food and conditions, as well as his classical and intellectual interests. The book features letters, a poem, notes, and an index.
A Northern Confederate at Johnson's Island Prison
Author: James Parks Caldwell
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786456191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A college graduate at 16 and a founder of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Caldwell entered the Confederate Army as an artillery lieutenant. He fought at Shiloh, Port Hudson and other campaigns before being captured in 1863 and imprisoned on Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio. He kept a daily diary for 18 months, describing the prison food and conditions, as well as his classical and intellectual interests. The book features letters, a poem, notes, and an index.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786456191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A college graduate at 16 and a founder of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Caldwell entered the Confederate Army as an artillery lieutenant. He fought at Shiloh, Port Hudson and other campaigns before being captured in 1863 and imprisoned on Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie, near Sandusky, Ohio. He kept a daily diary for 18 months, describing the prison food and conditions, as well as his classical and intellectual interests. The book features letters, a poem, notes, and an index.
Johnson's Island
Author: Roger Pickenpaugh
Publisher: Civil War in the North
ISBN: 9781606352847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"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
Publisher: Civil War in the North
ISBN: 9781606352847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"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
I Fear I Shall Never Leave this Island
Author: Wesley Makely
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813048253
Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was the only Civil War prison in the North to house Confederate officers almost exclusively, resulting in a distinctive prison culture. David Bush has led archaeological investigations at the prison site, and in this book pairs this with a reading of extant letters between one officer and his wife, providing unique insights into the trials and tribulations of captivity as actually experienced by the men imprisoned at Johnson's Island.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813048253
Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was the only Civil War prison in the North to house Confederate officers almost exclusively, resulting in a distinctive prison culture. David Bush has led archaeological investigations at the prison site, and in this book pairs this with a reading of extant letters between one officer and his wife, providing unique insights into the trials and tribulations of captivity as actually experienced by the men imprisoned at Johnson's Island.
Johnson's Island Prison
Author: James L. Douthat
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Camp, Field and Prison Life
Author: W. A. Wash
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island
Author: David R. Bush
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813040892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was not the largest Civil War prison in the North, but it was the only one to house Confederate officers almost exclusively. As a result, a distinctive prison culture developed, in part because of the educational background and access to money enjoyed by these prisoners. David Bush has spent more than two decades leading archaeological investigations at the prison site. In I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island he pairs the expertise gained there with a deep reading of extant letters between one officer and his wife in Alexandria, Virginia, providing unique insights into the trials and tribulations of captivity as actually experienced by the men imprisoned at Johnson's Island. Together, these letters and the material culture unearthed at the site capture in compelling detail the physical challenges and emotional toll of prison life for POWs and their families. They also offer fascinating insights into the daily lives of the prisoners by revealing the very active manufacture of POW craft jewelry, especially rings. No other collection of Civil War letters offers such a rich context; no other archaeological investigation of Civil War prisons provides such a human story.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813040892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was not the largest Civil War prison in the North, but it was the only one to house Confederate officers almost exclusively. As a result, a distinctive prison culture developed, in part because of the educational background and access to money enjoyed by these prisoners. David Bush has spent more than two decades leading archaeological investigations at the prison site. In I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island he pairs the expertise gained there with a deep reading of extant letters between one officer and his wife in Alexandria, Virginia, providing unique insights into the trials and tribulations of captivity as actually experienced by the men imprisoned at Johnson's Island. Together, these letters and the material culture unearthed at the site capture in compelling detail the physical challenges and emotional toll of prison life for POWs and their families. They also offer fascinating insights into the daily lives of the prisoners by revealing the very active manufacture of POW craft jewelry, especially rings. No other collection of Civil War letters offers such a rich context; no other archaeological investigation of Civil War prisons provides such a human story.
Johnson's Island Federal Prison
Author: James L. Douthat
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Observations in the North
Author: Edward Alfred Pollard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Observations in the North
Author: Edward Albert Pollard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Andersonvilles of the North
Author: James Massie Gillispie
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574412558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This study argues that the image of Union prison officials as negligent and cruel to Confederate prisoners is severely flawed. It explains how Confederate prisoners' suffering and death were due to a number of factors, but it would seem that Yankee apathy and malice were rarely among them.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574412558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This study argues that the image of Union prison officials as negligent and cruel to Confederate prisoners is severely flawed. It explains how Confederate prisoners' suffering and death were due to a number of factors, but it would seem that Yankee apathy and malice were rarely among them.