Yankee Plague

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During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of local slaves. Their flight created, in the words of contemporary observers, a “Yankee plague,” heralding a grim end to the Confederate cause. In this fascinating look at Union soldiers'' flight for freedom in the last months of the...
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During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of local slaves. Their flight created, in the words of contemporary observers, a “Yankee plague,” heralding a grim end to the Confederate cause. In this fascinating look at Union soldiers'' flight for freedom in the last months of the...
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  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9798890850768
  • Publication Date: 7 Nov 2016
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM