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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - August of 1864 the Union Army pursued a policy of 'Total-War' against the Confederate Army. What made this new type of warfare different was that it also targeted certain Southern civilians who were suspected of giving aid, food and information to the enemy. Many Northern officers felt the surest way to defeat the Confederate army was to destroy the will of the Southern people. If the Union army could threaten the homes of southern civilians it was thought that Confederate soldiers would desert their posts and rush home to protect their families and property. This sort of tactic was used by General Philip Sheridan in burning the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. It was also employed by Major-General William T. Sherman when he burned Atlanta and Columbia and devastated a sixty mile wide swath through Georgia and the Carolinas.This 'Total-War' policy was applied to the prison system as well, but for an entirely different reason. In 1864 the North had ended the prisoner exchange and reduced prisoner's rations and clothing. This was practically a death sentence to many of the weakened Confederate prisoners. At the same time the Northern prisons became grossly overcrowded because the exchange had been halted the year before. It was decided to relieve the crowding by opening a new prisoner of war camp at Elmira, New York. However, this prison was to be like no other. On the surface Elmira prison camp appeared to be very normal. Nevertheless, behind the scenes certain influential officials secretly planned to create a retaliatory prison to punish the Confederate prisoners for the suspected wrongs of Andersonville prison in Georgia.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Fort Fisher to Elmira contains a dramatic description of both battles of Fort Fisher. The Fort fell to Union forces in January of 1865 and closed the port of Wilmington, North Carolina to blockade running. A Confederate prisoners touching letter written to his wife caused historian Richard H. Triebe to launch an investigation into what became of the soldiers captured at Fort Fisher. Triebe's research provided the answers he sought but it also uncovered an even greater mystery. Of the 1,121 prisoners sent to Elmira Prisoner of War Camp 46% would be dead from disease within five months. Obviously something was horribly wrong at the prison camp, but what was it Join the author as he explores the causes that led to such a high death rate and find out who was responsible for creating such unhealthy prison environment.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Point Lookout Prison and Hospital tells the story of the North's largest Civil War prison camp. Author Richard H. Triebe has gathered over fifty Confederate prisoner accounts and has woven their stories into the narrative of his book. The stories breath life into the words and give the reader a glimpse of what it was like to be inside Point Lookout prisoner of war camp. Triebe's book also contains the most detailed roster to date of the Confederate soldiers who died there including hundreds of fellow prisoners whose names do not appear on the Confederate memorial. Those forgotten men can now take their rightful place alongside their comrades who gave their lives for their country.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Historian Richard H. Triebe's book, Confederate Fort Fisher, A Roster 1864-1865, contains a detailed account of both battles of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Triebe includes twenty-two Confederate soldier's recollections of the desperate battle. These men vividly describe their life and death struggle for Fort Fisher. The book also has a detailed roster of over two thousand of the fort's garrison, plus several regiments of South Carolina troops, Confederate States sailors and marines.…