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Andersonville - The Last Depot

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor William Marvel's many books include A Place Called Appomattox , Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox , and The Alabama and the Kearsarge: The Sailor's Civil War (all from the University of North Carolina Press). He lives in South Conway, New Hampshire. Klappentext Between February 1864 and April 1865, 41,000 Union prisoners of war were taken to the stockade at Anderson Station, Georgia, where nearly 13,000 of them died. Most contemporary accounts placed the blame for the tragedy squarely on the shoulders of the Confederates who administered the prison or on a conspiracy of higher-ranking officials. According to William Marvel, virulent disease and severe shortages of vegetables, medical supplies, and other necessities combined to create a crisis beyond the captors' control. He also argues that the tragedy was aggravated by the Union decision to suspend prisoner exchanges, which meant that many men who might have returned home were instead left to sicken and die in captivity.

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Authors William Marvel, Alan M. Wald
Publisher University Of North Carolina
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.02.2010
 
EAN 9780807866153
ISBN 978-0-8078-6615-3
No. of pages 350
Series Civil War America (Paperback)
Civil War America (Paperback)
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

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