Introduction -- Shared theories: commonalities among Federal, State, civil, and military punishments -- Penitentiaries and military prisons: built on common ground -- Regulating operation: penitentiary and military prison officials' quest for order -- The internal world of the prison: inmates' identity and disobedience -- Life out there: inmates' communications with the outside world -- Shifting power dynamics: abused privileges and escape attempts -- Fallen from grace: the experience of female inmates -- War's legacy: closing military prisons and rethinking penitentiaries -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"While primarily focusing on the Civil War years, the author looks back to the early 1800s to explain the establishment and function of penitentiaries, discussing how military and civil punishments continuously influenced each other throughout the Civil War era."--Provided by publisher.
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