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Richmond prisons 1861-1862: compiled from the original records kept by the Confederate government, journals kept by Union prisoners of war, together w

Richmond prisons 1861-1862: compiled from the original records kept by the Confederate government, journals kept by Union prisoners of war, together w

H. Jeffrey, William

Paperback

19th Century United States HistoryCriminologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353608805
ISBN13: 9789353608804
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 15 2019
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind Richmond's prison walls lay a hidden ledger of suffering, duty, and survival. Every name carries a story. In this landmark civil war history book, William H. Jeffrey weaves together original records kept by the Confederate government with journals and reminiscences of Union prisoners of war held in Richmond in 1861-1862. Lists, reports and eyewitness testimony sit side by side, creating a stark mosaic of daily life inside Richmond civil war prisons at the opening of the American Civil War 1861. Its focus is documentary, not romantic: a civil war primary sources collection that preserves voices from both sides with spare, unvarnished clarity, and sets them within the wider system of confederate prison camps and Richmond Virginia history. At the heart of this confederate prison records collection stands an extraordinary register: the name, rank, company, regiment and state of some four thousand men confined in the city, an unparalleled resource for civil war genealogy research, local historians and family sleuths tracing a soldier's path through the conflict. As a civil war research reference and military historian reference, it illuminates the machinery and human cost of captivity, enriching studies of Libby Prison civil war narratives and the wider network of Richmond facilities. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, equally at home on the desk of a researcher and in the library of a discerning collector.

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