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Andersonville : The Last Depot by William Marvel (2006, Perfect)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-100807857815

ISBN-139780807857816

eBay Product ID (ePID)53828364

Product Key Features

Book TitleAndersonville : the Last Depot

Number of Pages350 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / General, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military / United States

Publication Year2006

FeaturesNew Edition

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorWilliam Marvel

Book SeriesCivil War America Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN93-040101

Reviews"A remarkable scholarly and literary achievement, a genuinely pathbreaking book."Lincoln Prize Citation"", This well-written and readable monograph . . . . is a valuable contribution to the historiography of Civil War prisons.Historian, A remarkable scholarly and literary achievement, a genuinely pathbreaking book. Lincoln Prize Citation , An authoritative history of the camp. . . . A masterful job of historical detective work.History: Reviews of New Books, An authoritative history of the camp. . . . A masterful job of historical detective work. History: Reviews of New Books

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal973.7/71

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisBetween 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. The author contends that virulent disease and severe shortages of vegetables, medical supplies, and other necessities combined to create a crisis beyond the captors' control., 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., 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.

LC Classification Number93-40101 [E]