Ghosts and Shadows of Andersonville.Ghosts and Shadows of Andersonville Robert S Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. . Davis Mercer University Press Mercer University Press, established in 1979, is a publisher that is part of Mercer University. External link
1400 Coleman Avenue, Macon, GA 31207-0001 0881460125 $35.00 www.mupress.org 1-800-634-2378 Historian Robert S. Davis presents Ghosts and Shadows of Andersonville: Essays on the Secret Social Histories of America's Deadliest Prison, an in-depth scrutiny that openly dispels commonly held misperceptions about the so-called "American Death Camp" of the Confederate prison of Andersonville, and the trial of its most famous figure, Captain Henry Wirz  The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed.Please see the relevant discussion on the . . Focusing keenly on the lives of Americans connected to Andersonville prison before and during the Civil War, Ghosts and Shadows of Andersonville does not minimize or excuse the starvation, mistreatment mis·treat tr.v. mis·treat·ed, mis·treat·ing, mis·treats To treat roughly or wrongly. See Synonyms at abuse. mis·treat , and fatalities of the prison but simultaneously counters accusations of deliberate extermination extermination mass killing of animals or other pests. Implies complete destruction of the species or other group. with evidence that the prison also served as a hospital, and that the guards suffered from malnutrition and starvation as surely as the prisoners. A balanced scrutiny of a dark place in America's past, that draws heavily and directly from letters, journals, articles and other primary sources to present its case. |
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