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- catalog abstract "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 - one-third 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. In this carefully researched and compelling revisionist account, William Marvel provides a comprehensive history of Andersonville Prison and conditions within it. Based on reliable primary sources - including diaries, Union and Confederate government documents, and letters - rather than exaggerated postwar recollections and such well-known but spurious "diaries" as that of John Ransom, Marvel's analysis exonerates camp commandant Henry Wirz and others from charges that they deliberately exterminated prisoners, a crime for which Wirz was executed after the war. According to Marvel, virulent disease and severe shortages of vegetables, medical supplies, and other necessities combined to create a crisis beyond Wirz's 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.".
- catalog contributor b6559967.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons, Confederate.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "According to Marvel, virulent disease and severe shortages of vegetables, medical supplies, and other necessities combined to create a crisis beyond Wirz's 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.".
- catalog description "Based on reliable primary sources - including diaries, Union and Confederate government documents, and letters - rather than exaggerated postwar recollections and such well-known but spurious "diaries" as that of John Ransom, Marvel's analysis exonerates camp commandant Henry Wirz and others from charges that they deliberately exterminated prisoners, a crime for which Wirz was executed after the war.".
- catalog description "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 - one-third 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.".
- catalog description "In this carefully researched and compelling revisionist account, William Marvel provides a comprehensive history of Andersonville Prison and conditions within it.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- I find me in a gloomy wood -- All hope abandon -- Then spoke the thunder -- A Deep and muddy river -- But yet the will roll'd onward -- Each in his narrow cell forever laid -- April is the cruelest month -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources and acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 337 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0807821527 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Civil War America".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog spatial "Confederate States of America.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons, Confederate.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.7/71 20".
- catalog subject "Andersonville Prison.".
- catalog subject "E612.A5 M44 1994".
- catalog subject "Prisoners of war Confederate States of America.".
- catalog subject "Prisoners of war United States History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- I find me in a gloomy wood -- All hope abandon -- Then spoke the thunder -- A Deep and muddy river -- But yet the will roll'd onward -- Each in his narrow cell forever laid -- April is the cruelest month -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources and acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog title "Andersonville : the last depot / by William Marvel.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".