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The "Immortal Six Hundred" and the failure of the Civil War POW exchange process /

"Compounding the devastating tragedy of the Civil War was the failure of the warring parties to consistently maintain a system for the effective exchange of prisoners of war, rather than imprisoning combatants for the duration. This failure added at least 56,000 deaths to those accumulating on...

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Main Author: Schmutz, John F., 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2025]
Subjects:
Immortal Six Hundred (Confederate Prisoners of War)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
Prisoners of war > Georgia > Fort Pulaski.
Fort Pulaski (Ga.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Human shield.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Officers.
Charleston (S.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Atrocities.
War crimes > Southern States > History > 19th century.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Prisonniers et prisons.
Crimes de guerre > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / Military / United States.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

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