Portals to Hell - Military Prisons of the Civil War

Informationen zum Autor Lonnie R. Speer is a freelance writer with a special interest in the Civil War. His articles have appeared in Civil War Times Illustrated and America's Civil War. Klappentext The holding of prisoners of war has always been both a political and a military enterprise, yet the military prisons of the Civil War, which held more than four hundred thousand soldiers and caused the deaths of fifty-six thousand men, have been nearly forgotten. Now Lonnie R. Speer has brought to life the least-known men in the great struggle between the Union and the Confederacy, using their own words and observations as they endured a true "hell on earth." Drawing on scores of previously unpublished firsthand accounts, "Portals to Hell" presents the prisoners' experiences in great detail and from an impartial perspective. The first comprehensive study of all major prisons of both the North and the South, this chronicle analyzes the many complexities of the relationships among prisoners, guards, commandants, and government leaders. Zusammenfassung Presents the experiences of the prisoners' held in military prisons. This book analyzes the many complexities of the relationships among prisoners! guards! commandants! and government leaders.

Product details

• Authors: Lonnie R Speer, Lonnie R. Speer
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2005
• EAN: 9780803293427
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-9342-7
• No. of pages: 442
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Militärgeschichte, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, History - Military / War, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States