Andersonville : the last depot
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Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1994].
ISBN
0807821527, 9780807821527, 0807857815, 9780807857816
Lexile measure
1560L
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Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1994].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 337 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
0807821527, 9780807821527, 0807857815, 9780807857816
Lexile measure
1560
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-321) and index.
Description
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.
Target Audience
1560L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Marvel, W. (1994). Andersonville: the last depot . University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Marvel, William. 1994. Andersonville: The Last Depot. University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Marvel, William. Andersonville: The Last Depot University of North Carolina Press, 1994.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Marvel, William. Andersonville: The Last Depot University of North Carolina Press, 1994.
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