History of Andersonville Prison

by Futch, Ovid L.; Gray, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9780813036915
• ISBN10: 0813036917
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-06
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

In February 1864, five hundred Union prisoners of war arrived at the Confederate stockade at Anderson Station, Georgia. Andersonville, as it was later known, would become legendary for its brutality and mistreatment, with the highest mortality rate-over 30 percent-of any Civil War prison.

Author Biography

Ovid L. Futch taught at Morehouse College in Atlanta and finished his career as chair of the Department of History at the University of South Florida. He passed away prematurely in 1967, a year before this groundbreaking work on Andersonville was published. It has never gone out of print, Michael P. Gray, assistant professor of history at East Stroudsburg University, is the author of The Business of Captivity in the Chemung Valley: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison, a Seaborg Award honorable mention recipient.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vi
Introduction. Advancing Andersonville: Ovid L. Futch as Prison Micro-Monograph Pioneer	p. viii
The Power to Impress	p. 1
Gross Mismanagement	p. 11
Prison Conditions	p. 30
Prison Life	p. 46
The Raiders	p. 63
Danger and Dissension	p. 75
Medical Care	p. 97
Trial and Judgment	p. 113
Notes	p. 123
Bibliographical Essay	p. 133
Index	p. 143
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