Condition: Old NEW Stock; Expect an item that may have been in stock for some time and is undamaged with minimal edge, shelf, handling wear and perhaps light spotting, foxing and minimal fading to the cover. Fully returnable if unhappy with the condition.
During the American Civil War, nearly 50,000 soldiers starved or froze to death, died of torture and forced labour, succumbed to untreated wounds and diseases, or were hanged for escape attempts - all while captives of their fellow countrymen. The author weaves a tale arranged as a day-by-day, year-by-year account of the prisoner problem, the development of the exchange cartel, the political games played with the lives of the prisoners, and life in the prison camps.
