Böcker av Michael P. Gray

One of the many controversial issues to emerge from the US Civil War was the treatment of prisoners of war. At the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, and the Union prison at Elmira, New York, suffering was acute and mortality was high. This study is based on new, little-known, or never used archival materials. The description of prison culture is especially illuminating.

One of the many controversial issues to emerge from the Civil War was the treatment of prisoners of war. At two stockades, the Confederate prison at Anderson, and the Union prison at Elmira, suffering was accute and mortality was high. This work explores the economic and social impact of Elmira.