Class Year
2016
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
3-28-2014
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
Numerous books have been written on the contested topic of Civil War prisons and prisoners of war. Scholars struggle with who to blame for the outrageous and horrible conditions of the prisons. Some speculate that the Southerners were crueler to their captives while others say the opposite. As well, scholars question whether the conditions of the Southern prisons were better or worse than the prisons in the North. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Sutter, Megan A., "Prisoner Experiences: Memoirs of Libby Prison" (2014). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 39.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/39
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.