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"Out of the Mouth of Hell": Civil War Prisons and Escapes.


E615

2005-000093

0-7864-2072-3

"Out of the mouth of hell"; Civil War prisons and escapes.

Casstevens, Frances Harding.

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Organized alphabetically al·pha·bet·i·cal   also al·pha·bet·ic
adj.
1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.

2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet.
 by facility name, this reference describes 27 of the most significant locations that held soldiers This is a list of noted soldiers, organized for the country with which they are usually associated. Lists according to nationality
 captured on Civil War battlefields as well as political prisoners suspected of disloyalty dis·loy·al·ty  
n. pl. dis·loy·al·ties
1. The quality of being disloyal; faithlessness.

2. A disloyal act.

Noun 1.
. Each entry lists the location, type of facility, date established, and number and kind of prisoners held. Some detailed accounts of conditions inside the prisons and daring escapes are also provided. The volume is illustrated throughout with b & w historical photographs. Casstevens (retired, Wake Forest U.) is the author of several books on the Civil War.
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Title Annotation:NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, U.S. HISTORY
Publication:Reference & Research Book News
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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