The Tragedy of Andersonville
Title | The Tragedy of Andersonville PDF eBook |
Author | Norton Parker Chipman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 550 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Prisoners of war |
ISBN |
A List of the Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville
Title | A List of the Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville PDF eBook |
Author | Clara Barton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 2017-08-31 |
Genre | Civil war |
ISBN | 9783337307240 |
A List of the Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville - Vol. 3 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Hellmira
Title | Hellmira PDF eBook |
Author | Derek Maxfield |
Publisher | Casemate Publishers |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2020-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1611214882 |
An in-depth history of the inhumane Union Civil War prison camp that became known as “the Andersonville of the North.” Long called by some the “Andersonville of the North,” the prisoner of war camp in Elmira, New York, is remembered as the most notorious of all Union-run POW camps. It existed only from the summer of 1864 to July 1865, but in that time, and for long after, it became darkly emblematic of man’s inhumanity to man. Confederate prisoners called it “Hellmira.” Hastily constructed, poorly planned, and overcrowded, prisoner of war camps North and South were dumping grounds for the refuse of war. An unfortunate necessity, both sides regarded the camps as temporary inconveniences—and distractions from the important task of winning the war. There was no need, they believed, to construct expensive shelters or provide better rations. They needed only to sustain life long enough for the war to be won. Victory would deliver prisoners from their conditions. As a result, conditions in the prisoner of war camps amounted to a great humanitarian crisis, the extent of which could hardly be understood even after the blood stopped flowing on the battlefields. In the years after the war, as Reconstruction became increasingly bitter, the North pointed to Camp Sumter—better known as the Andersonville POW camp in Americus, Georgia—as evidence of the cruelty and barbarity of the Confederacy. The South, in turn, cited the camp in Elmira as a place where Union authorities withheld adequate food and shelter and purposefully caused thousands to suffer in the bitter cold. This finger-pointing by both sides would go on for over a century. And as it did, the legend of Hellmira grew. In this book, Derek Maxfield contextualizes the rise of prison camps during the Civil War, explores the failed exchange of prisoners, and tells the tale of the creation and evolution of the prison camp in Elmira. In the end, Maxfield suggests that it is time to move on from the blame game and see prisoner of war camps—North and South—as a great humanitarian failure. Praise for Hellmira “A unique and informative contribution to the growing library of Civil War histories...Important and unreservedly recommended.” —Midwest Book Review “A good book, and the author should be congratulated.” —Civil War News
Andersonville
Title | Andersonville PDF eBook |
Author | William Marvel |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780807821527 |
In this carefully researched and compelling revisionist account, William Marvel provides a comprehensive history of Andersonville Prison and conditions within it.
Andersonville Journey
Title | Andersonville Journey PDF eBook |
Author | Edward F. Roberts |
Publisher | Burd Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781572491809 |
Showing the importance of Andersonville Prison in our understanding of the prisoner of war experience in American history, Andersonville Journey objectively tells its complete story from before the Civil War to the recent placement of Georgia Monument in its cemetery grounds. Andersonville--the name itself immediately evokes visions of human suffering and death amid crowded, filthy conditions. This is the first book to go beyond its war years to document the important and fascinating post-Civil War story of one of the most famous prisoner of war camps in history.
Andersonville
Title | Andersonville PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond F. Baker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Near Andersonville
Title | Near Andersonville PDF eBook |
Author | Peter H. Wood |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2010-11-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780674053205 |
The picture in the attic -- Behind enemy lines -- The woman in the sunlight.