Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. “Arrangements should be at once made”: Plans and Prisoners, 1861
2. “I fear they will prove an elephant”: The First Wave of Prisoners, 1862
3. “All seem rejoiced at the idea of going”: Prisoner Exchange, 1862–63
4. “In view of the awful vortex”: The Collapse of the Cartel and the Second Wave of Prisoners
5. “The first time I ever desired to be in a penitentiary”: Capture and Transport
6. “Nothing to do & nothing to do it with”: The Constant Battle with Boredom
7. “i had rather bee hear then to bee a marching”: Keepers in Blue
8. “Don’t be so hasty and you may get out”: The Possibility of Escape
9. “Almost starving in a land of plenty”: Rations and Retaliation
10. “Inevitable death awaited its victims”: The Health of the Prisoners
11. “Our honor could in no way be compromised”: The Road to Release
Notes
Bibliography
Index