Camp Chase and the Evolution of Union Prison Policy
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Alabama Press
Published:28th Feb '18
Should be back in stock very soon
Discusses an important yet often misunderstood topic in American History.
Camp Chase, located four miles west of Columbus, Ohio, started, as did so many other prisons, as a training camp for eager Union recruits. By late 1861 it was also housing Confederate prisoners. It was also used as quarters for Union soldiers who had been taken prisoner by the Confederacy and released on parole or exchanged. During the four years of the war, Camp Chase developed as a prison camp, reflecting the efforts of both civilian and military officials to fashion a coherent prison policy.
Camp Chase and the Evolution of Union Prison Policy is a careful, thorough, and objective examination of the history and administration of the camp and is of true significance in the literature on the Civil War.
This is a vivid description of conditions and events rarely described: the imprisonment of captured Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Its many parallels to circumstances in Andersonville are especially intriguing."" - Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
""Camp Chase and the Evolution of Union Prison Policy is a compelling book, and a useful addition to the growing literature on military prisons of the Civil War."" - Blue & Gray
""With Camp Chase and the Evolution of Union Prison Policy, Roger Pickenpaugh provides a concise history of the Columbus, Ohio facility that performed three distinct functions during the Civil War."" - America's Civil War
ISBN: 9780817359218
Dimensions: 226mm x 149mm x 15mm
Weight: 300g
192 pages