Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!rip!news.webusenet.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!78d0d875!not-for-mail From: Otis Willie Newsgroups: alt.war.civil.usa Subject: U.S. Civil War Prison Camps Claimed Thousands Organization: The American War Library Message-ID: <40j6gv8uf8eeptui8d983tmirgdgq0mutb@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.125.118.110 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1057181301 ST000 67.125.118.110 (Wed, 02 Jul 2003 17:28:21 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 17:28:21 EDT X-UserInfo1: [[PGW^SDPRRCRT@[ABCD^VX@WB]^PCPDLXUNNHDK@YUDUWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C@E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 21:28:21 GMT Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu alt.war.civil.usa:232045 U.S. Civil War Prison Camps Claimed Thousands (EXCERPT) Yancey Hall for National Geographic News July 1, 2003 While the Civil War etched the names Gettysburg, Antietam, and Vicksburg into the historical consciousness of the United States, a more subversive skirmish went by almost unnoticed. Although precise figures may never be known, an estimated 56,000 men perished in Civil War prisons, a casualty rate comparable to that of any battle during the war's bloody tenure. The high mortality rate was not deliberate, but the result of ignorance of nutrition and proper sanitation on both sides of the conflict, according to scholars. "Intent and malice were never intended," said James Robertson, a history professor at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg. Yet ignorance—coupled with shortages of fo... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 02 Jul 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0702_030702_civilwarprisons.html#main --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com