American Civil War Bibliography - Prisoners

Prisoners

  • Beitzell, Edwin W. Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates. Abell, Maryland: published by author, 1972.
  • Burnham, Philip. So Far from Dixie: Confederates in Yankee Prisons. New York: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2003.
  • Butts, Michele Tucker. Galvanized Yankees on the Upper Missouri: The Face of Loyalty (2003).
  • Casstevens, Frances. George W. Alexander and Castle Thunder: A Confederate Prison and Its Commandant. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2004.
  • Chesson, Michael B. "Prison Camps and Prisoners of War," in Steven E. Woodworth, ed. The American Civil War (1996), 466-78.
  • Cloyd, Benjamin G. Haunted by Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in American Memory. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
  • Denney, Robert E. Civil War Prisons & Escapes: A Day–by–Day Chronicle. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 1993.
  • Fetzer, Jr., Dale and Bruce E. Mowdey. Unlikely Allies: Fort Delaware's Prison Community in the Civil War. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2002. ISBN 0-8117-1823-9.
  • Gray, Michael P. The Business of Captivity in the Chemung Valley: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison (2001)
  • Hesseltine, William B. Civil War Prisons: A Study in War Psychology. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1930. ISBN 0-8142-0768-5.
  • Horigan, Michael. Elmira: Death Camp of the North. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2002. ISBN 978-0-8117-3276-5.
  • Levy, George. To Die in Chicago: Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas, 1862–65. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 1999.
  • Marvel, William. Andersonville: The Last Depot. University of North Carolina Press, 1994.
  • McAdams, Benton. Rebels at Rock Island: The Story of a Civil War Prison. De Kalbe, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005.
  • Sanders, Charles W., Jr. While in the Hands of the Enemy: Military Prisons of the Civil War. Louisiana State University Press, 2005.
  • Speer, Lonnie R. Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War. 1997.
  • Speer, Lonnie. War of Vengeance: Acts of Retaliation Against Civil War POWs. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2002.
  • Triebe, Richard H. Fort Fisher to Elmira: The Fateful Journey of 518 Confederate Soldiers. CreateSpace, 2011.
  • Wheelan, Joseph. Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison. New York: Public Affairs, 2010. ISBN 978-158648-716-4.

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