Care of Prisoners of War, North and South
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Isham, A. B.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Care of Prisoners of War, North and South: A Paper Read Before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, October 5, 1887 From the immense armies called into the field, and the extended sphere of military operations during the great civil war, there necessarily accrued to the charge of each belligerent large contingents of prisoners of war. The Confederates who fell into the hands of the Union forces amounted, men and officers, to 476.169; whilst 188,145 Union men and officers were made prisoners of war by the Confederate troops. Not all, however, of these two enormous masses were held as captives of war. Of the Confederates, 248,599 were paroled on the field, leaving 227,570 who suffered confinement in prisons as prisoners of war. And one-half of the Federal prisoners, it is estimated, were paroled, leaving 94,072 who actually underwent confinement in the prisons of the South. The care of such large numbers, the safe keeping and proper maintenance, in regard to shelter, food, clothing, and hygienic environment-according to the laws of modern warfare, and as demanded by the civilization of the age, as well for prisoners of war as for those who may fall to the charge of the State under whatever circumstances-was a matter of no light moment. It involved the establishment of special bureaus, of camps and quarters, of an immense commissariat, of a considerable of an army for a guarding force: and employed an immense transportation equipment, a legion of contractors, special agents, and spies. In short, to make suitable provision for the sustentation, the well-being, and security of the captives, a burden was imposed but little inferior to supporting an active army of equal number in the field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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