The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy

by Lorien Foote

Book Overview

During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of local slaves. Their flight created, in the words of contemporary observers, a "Yankee plague," heralding a grim end to the Confederate cause. In this fascinating look at Union soldiers' flight for freedom in the last months of the Civil War, Lorien Foote reveals new connections between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469652056
• ISBN13: 9781469652054
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 9.5"