Camp Chase and the Evolution of Union Prison Policy

by Roger Pickenpaugh

Book Overview

Discusses an important yet often misunderstood topic in American History

Camp Chase was a major Union POW camp and also served at various times as a Union military training facility and as quarters for Union soldiers who had been taken prisoner by the Confederacy and released on parole or exchanged. As such, this careful, thorough, and objective examination of the history and administration of the camp will be of true significance in the literature on the Civil War.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817359214
• ISBN13: 9780817359218
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"