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- catalog abstract ""While the testimony of its famous fictional inmate, Ashley Wilkes of Gone with the Wind, has helped to cast Rock Island's reputation as the "Andersonville of the North," McAdams shows that this Illinois prison was considerably more humane than some accounts have suggested." "Rock island, like other Civil War prisons, was not without problems, including brutal weather, incompetent guards, and inadequate facilities. Malnutrition, smallpox, and a lack of basic supplies were just some of the hardships prisoners suffered, in part because of the eccentric miserliness of William Hoffman, Union commissary general of prisoners, who focused on financial concerns over human needs. The conditions at Rock Island were, however, no worse than at other Northern prisons such as Camp Douglas, nor was the prison's mission to be unjustly cruel. McAdams establishes that the Union officers in charge of the camp sought to maintain humane conditions in the face of severe shortages, disease, and a war that raged on longer and with greater hardships than anyone had anticipated." "Showing how Rock Island was a microcosm of the political mood of the entire nation during the Civil War, McAdams gives special attention to the prison's political and economic ties to the local community, including controversies between the camp commander and the local Copperhead newspaper editor. Readers interested in the Civil War, prison systems, and Illinois politics will find a fresh and fascinating story in Rebels at Rock Island. Two dozen rare photographs round out the unflinching descriptions of prison life."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12297135.
- catalog coverage "Rock Island Arsenal (Ill.) History 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1861-1865.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Rock island, like other Civil War prisons, was not without problems, including brutal weather, incompetent guards, and inadequate facilities. Malnutrition, smallpox, and a lack of basic supplies were just some of the hardships prisoners suffered, in part because of the eccentric miserliness of William Hoffman, Union commissary general of prisoners, who focused on financial concerns over human needs. The conditions at Rock Island were, however, no worse than at other Northern prisons such as Camp Douglas, nor was the prison's mission to be unjustly cruel.".
- catalog description ""That Is the Way You Do Here, Is It?" -- "They Are Dying Off Very Fast" -- "A Disagreeable Place to Be" -- "Such Reckless Conduct" -- "The Glare of Wolfish Hunger" -- "Had I the Power" -- "All of the Prisoners Have Left This Island."".
- catalog description ""While the testimony of its famous fictional inmate, Ashley Wilkes of Gone with the Wind, has helped to cast Rock Island's reputation as the "Andersonville of the North," McAdams shows that this Illinois prison was considerably more humane than some accounts have suggested."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.".
- catalog description "McAdams establishes that the Union officers in charge of the camp sought to maintain humane conditions in the face of severe shortages, disease, and a war that raged on longer and with greater hardships than anyone had anticipated." "Showing how Rock Island was a microcosm of the political mood of the entire nation during the Civil War, McAdams gives special attention to the prison's political and economic ties to the local community, including controversies between the camp commander and the local Copperhead newspaper editor. Readers interested in the Civil War, prison systems, and Illinois politics will find a fresh and fascinating story in Rebels at Rock Island. Two dozen rare photographs round out the unflinching descriptions of prison life."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 260 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0875802672 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Rock Island".
- catalog spatial "Rock Island Arsenal (Ill.) History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1861-1865.".
- catalog subject "973.7/72 21".
- catalog subject "E616.R6 M38 2000".
- catalog subject "Prisoners of war Illinois Rock Island History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Rock Island Arsenal (Ill.) History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents ""That Is the Way You Do Here, Is It?" -- "They Are Dying Off Very Fast" -- "A Disagreeable Place to Be" -- "Such Reckless Conduct" -- "The Glare of Wolfish Hunger" -- "Had I the Power" -- "All of the Prisoners Have Left This Island."".
- catalog title "Rebels at Rock Island : the story of a Civil War prison / Benton McAdams.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".