The Yankee plague : escaped Union prisoners and the collapse of the Confederacy

Author/Creator:: Foote, Lorien, 1969- author
Publication/Creation:: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Format:: Book

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Full Title:: The Yankee plague : escaped Union prisoners and the collapse of the Confederacy / Lorien Foote
Series Titles:: Civil War America
Civil War America (Series)

Subjects:: United States.Army--Officers--History--19th century
Escaped prisoners of war--United States--History--19th century
Prisoners of war--United States--History--19th century
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Table of Contents:: Introduction: the plague -- Escape -- The world in black and white: the collapse of slavery -- They cover the land like the locusts of Egypt: the collapse of the state -- Guardian angels: the collapse of the home front -- God's country: the collapse of borders -- A futile attempt at imprisonment: the collapse of military defense -- Epilogue: terrible times in the past.
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:: "During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into upstate South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of the local enslaved population, creating, in the words of contemporary observers, a "Yankee plague." In this fascinating look at Union soliders' flight for freedom in the last months of the Civil War, Lorien Foote reveals new connections between the collapse of the Confederate prison system, the large-scale escape of Union soldiers, and the full unraveling of the Confederate States of America"--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xiii, 232 pages ; 25 cm.