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  • The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison

  • Written by: Michael P. Gray
  • Narrated by: Roland Purdy
  • Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

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The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison

Written by: Michael P. Gray
Narrated by: Roland Purdy
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Publisher's Summary

Michael Gray’s study of the economic and social impact, including the high death rate, of the Union prison at Elmira, New York, on the host community offers new insights on the social history of the Civil War. 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 Andersonville, Georgia, and the Union prison at Elmira, New York, suffering was acute and mortality was high.

During its single year of existence, more money was expended on the Elmira prison than in any of the other Union Stockades. Even with this record spending, a more ignominious figure was attached to Elmira: of the more than 12,000 Confederates imprisoned there, nearly 3,000 die while in captivity - the highest rate among all the Northern prisons. The authors conclusions are based on new, little-known, or never used archival materials. In a similar vein, his description of the prison culture is especially illuminating.

The book is published by the Kent State University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

©2001 The Kent State University Press (P)2019 Redwood Audiobooks
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  • Categories: History

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