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While In The Hands Of The Enemy: Military Prisons Of The Civil War (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Series) by Sanders Jr., Charles W. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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During The Four Years Of The American Civil War, Over 400,000 Soldiers - One In Every Seven Who Served In The Union And Confederate Armies - Became Prisoners Of War. In Northern And Southern Prisons Alike, Inmates Suffered Horrific Treatment. Even Healthy Young Soldiers Often Sickened And Died Within Weeks Of Entering The Stockades. In All, Nearly 56,000 Prisoners Succumbed To Overcrowding, Exposure, Poor Sanitation, Inadequate Medical Care, And Starvation. Historians Have Generally Blamed Prison Conditions And Mortality Rates On Factors Beyond The Control Of Union And Confederate Command, But Charles W. Sanders, Jr., Challenges The Conventional View And Demonstrates That Leaders On Both Sides Deliberately And Systematically Ordered The Mistreatment Of Captives. Sanders Shows How Policies Developed During The American Revolution, The War Of 1812, And The Mexican War Shaped The Management Of Civil War Prisons.^ He Examines The Establishment Of The Major Camps As Well As The Political Motivations And Rationale Behind The Operation Of The Prisons, Focusing Especially On Camp Douglas, Elmira, Camp Chase, And Rock Island In The North And Andersonville, Cahaba, Florence, And Danville In
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- Author
- Sanders Jr., Charles W.
- Publisher
- Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780807130612
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (7 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14