Author:
Pickenpaugh, Roger, author.
Imprint:Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2016]
Descriptionix, 123 pages ; 23 cm.
Note:"Decidedly the best location": establishing the prison -- "A prison for officers alone": early days of operation -- "Everything in prison is elated": the road to exchange -- "It requires only proper energy and judgment": the second wave of prisoners -- "This horrid life of inactivity": the battle with boredom -- "A matter of necessity": prison economics -- "A guard for unarmed men": guards and commanders -- "Almost a fixed impossibility": escapes and attempts -- "The wrath of hunger": rations and Union retaliation -- "A pitiful scene": climate and health -- "Sad and glad at the same time": the road to release.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index.
