Author: BOAZ, THOMAS M.
Title: Libby Prison & Beyond a Union Staff Officer in the East, 1862-1865
Description: Shippenburg, PA: The Burd Street Press Publication, 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 157249123X. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It gained an infamous reputation for the overcrowded and harsh conditions under which officer prisoners from the Union Army were kept. Prisoners suffered from disease, malnutrition and a high mortality rate. By 1863, one thousand prisoners were crowded into large open rooms on two floors, with open, barred windows leaving them exposed to weather and temperature extremes. The building was built before the war as a food warehouse. The structure was moved to Chicago in 1889 to serve as a war museum. It was dismantled in 1899, with its pieces sold as souvenirs.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 157249123X Civil War Thomas M. Boaz Prisons Union Army Confederate Prison Civil War
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Title: Libby Prison & Beyond a Union Staff Officer in the East, 1862-1865
Description: Shippenburg, PA: The Burd Street Press Publication, 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 157249123X. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It gained an infamous reputation for the overcrowded and harsh conditions under which officer prisoners from the Union Army were kept. Prisoners suffered from disease, malnutrition and a high mortality rate. By 1863, one thousand prisoners were crowded into large open rooms on two floors, with open, barred windows leaving them exposed to weather and temperature extremes. The building was built before the war as a food warehouse. The structure was moved to Chicago in 1889 to serve as a war museum. It was dismantled in 1899, with its pieces sold as souvenirs.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 157249123X Civil War Thomas M. Boaz Prisons Union Army Confederate Prison Civil War
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 37635
- Book number: 37635
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