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04270aam a2200601 i 4500 001 CDC01A2C214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 160111s2016 ncuab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016000575 020 $a 1469652056 020 $a 9781469652054 020 $a 1469630559 020 $a 9781469630557 035 $a (OCoLC)934796941 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c NOC $d DLC $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDX $d TKN $d ZLM $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d ZWZ $d VTU $d UKMGB $d OCL $d CUI $d CBA $d PLF $d OCL $d OCLCO $d CTN $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-sc $a n-us-nc $a n-us-sc 050 00 $a E611 $b .F66 2016 082 00 $a 973.7/71 $2 23 100 1 $a Foote, Lorien, $d 1969- $e author. 245 14 $a The Yankee plague : $b escaped Union prisoners and the collapse of the Confederacy / $c Lorien Foote. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xiii, 232 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Civil War America 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-219) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: the plague -- Escape -- The world in black and white: the collapse of slavery -- They cover the land like the locusts of Egypt: the collapse of the state -- Guardian angels: the collapse of the home front -- God's country: the collapse of borders -- A futile attempt at imprisonment: the collapse of military defense -- Epilogue: terrible times in the past. 520 $a "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 the collapse of the Confederate prison system, the large-scale escape of Union soldiers, and the full unraveling of the Confederate States of America. By this point in the war, the Confederacy was reeling from prison overpopulation, a crumbling military, violence from internal enemies, and slavery's breakdown. The fugitive Federals moving across the countryside in mass numbers, Foote argues, accelerated the collapse as slaves and deserters decided the presence of these men presented an opportune moment for escalated resistance. Blending rich analysis with an engaging narrative, Foote uses these ragged Union escapees as a lens with which to assess the dying Confederate States, providing a new window into the South's ultimate defeat."--Publisher's description. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x History $x History $y 19th century. 610 17 $a United States. $b Army. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533532 610 17 $a Etats-Unis. $b ArmeÌe. $2 ram 650 0 $a Escaped prisoners of war $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Prisoners and prisons. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Prisoners and prisons. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a North Carolina $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 651 0 $a South Carolina $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 650 6 $a Prisonniers de guerre eÌvadeÌs $z EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire $y 19e sieÌcle. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Prisonniers et prisons. $y 1861-1865 (Guerre de SeÌcession) $x Prisonniers et prisons. 651 6 $a Caroline du Nord $x Histoire $y 1861-1865 (Guerre de SeÌcession) 651 6 $a Caroline du Sud $x Histoire $y 1861-1865 (Guerre de SeÌcession) 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x Officers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00814617 650 7 $a Escaped prisoners of war. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01199998 650 7 $a Prisoners of war. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01077227 651 7 $a North Carolina. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204304 651 7 $a South Carolina. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204600 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800 - 1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Civil War America (Series) 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724073419.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CDC01A2C214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search