Military Prisons of the Civil War: A Comparative Study

by David L. Keller

A Fresh Analysis of the First Large-Scale Imprisonment of Soldiers in Wartime and Its Failures
Over the course of the American Civil War, more than four hundred thousand prisoners were taken by the North and South combined--the largest number in any conflict up to that time, and nearly fifty-eight thousand of these men died while incarcerated or soon after being released. Neither side expected to take so many prisoners in the wake of battles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159416357X
• ISBN13: 9781594163579
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Westholme Publishing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"