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"Many of the volumes comprising this microfilm publication originally were part of the records of the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, but a small number were created by the Surgeon's General's Office and individual Army commands. Some of the records were compiled in the Commissary General's Office from rolls, returns, and reports submitted by military prisons and stations, but mainly they were created at individual prisons or stations and later turned over to the Commissary General's Office. A few volumes were possibly compiled by the Prisoner of War Division of the Adjutant General's Office"--Introd.
"On the 145 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced 429 bound volumes of records relating to Confederate prisoners of war confined by Federal authorities for the period 1861-65, with two of the volumes extending to 1866. The volumes, which consist mainly of registers and lists, are part of the War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109." -- P. 2.
The holding of prisoners of war has always been both a political and a military enterprise, yet the military prisons of the Civil War, which held more than four hundred thousand soldiers and caused the deaths of fifty-six thousand men, have been nearly forgotten. Now Lonnie R. Speer has brought to life the least-known men in the great struggle between the Union and the Confederacy, using their own words and observations as they endured a true ?hell on earth.? Drawing on scores of previously unpublished firsthand accounts, Portals to Hell presents the prisoners? experiences in great detail and from an impartial perspective. The first comprehensive study of all major prisons of both the North and the South, this chronicle analyzes the many complexities of the relationships among prisoners, guards, commandants, and government leaders.
Moving narrative of the harrowing ordeal of Civil War prisoners. Based on newly discovered primary sources.
The history of the Confederate States Marine Corps is almost the history of the Confederacy itself. Founded by former United States Marine Corps officers, the efforts of this small select group in combat and in garrison reflect the coastal and maritime struggles of the Confederate States as a whole.