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Author(s): Lorien Foote
ISBN(s): 9781469630557, 1469630559
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 7.84 MB
Year: 2016
Language: english
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ISBN 10:         1504768515
ISBN 13: 978-1504768511
Author:          Lorien Foote

A rare and insightful account of the thousands of Union soldiers who escaped Confederate imprisonment and aided in the final dissolution of the Confederacy.During the winter of 1864, more than three thousand Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of local slaves. Their flight created, in the words of contemporary observers, a “Yankee plague,” heralding a grim end to the Confederate cause. In this fascinating look at Union soldiers’ flights for freedom in the last months of the Civil War, Lorien Foote reveals new connections between the collapse of the Confederate prison system, the large-scale escape of Union soldiers, and the full unraveling of the Confederate States of America. By this point in the war, the Confederacy was reeling from prison overpopulation, a crumbling military, violence from internal enemies, and slavery’s breakdown. The fugitive Federals moving across the countryside in mass numbers, Foote argues, accelerated the collapse as slaves and deserters decided the presence of these men presented an opportune moment for escalated resistance.Blending rich analysis with an engaging narrative, Foote uses these ragged Union escapees as a lens with which to assess the dying Confederate States, providing a new window into the South’s ultimate defeat.
 

The Yankee Plague Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy 1st Table of contents:

  • Chapter 1: The Confederate Prison System

    • Organization and Management of Confederate Prisons
    • Conditions Inside the Prisons

  • Chapter 2: The Capture and Transportation of Union Prisoners

    • The Process of Capturing Union Soldiers
    • Journey to Confederate Prisons

  • Chapter 3: Life Inside the Prisons

    • Daily Life in Confederate Prisons
    • The Impact of Starvation, Disease, and Harsh Conditions on Prisoners

  • Chapter 4: Escapes and Underground Movements

    • The Role of Escaped Prisoners in the Civil War
    • Escape Routes and the Networks that Helped Prisoners Flee

  • Chapter 5: The Epidemic: Disease and Death

    • The Role of Disease in Confederate Prisons
    • Spread of Epidemics and Its Impact on the Confederacy

  • Chapter 6: The Collapse of the Confederacy

    • How Escaped Prisoners and the Inability to Contain Epidemics Contributed to the South’s Decline

  • Chapter 7: The Return of Union Prisoners and the Aftermath

    • Union Prisoners’ Return to the North and Their Role in the War’s Final Stages
    • Post-War Impact on Prisoners and Their Families

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