I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island : Life in a Civil War Prison
ISBN: 9780813044088 | 0813044081
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Univ Pr of Florida
Pub. Date: 9/23/2012
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Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was built in 1862 specifically to house captured Confederate officers. In part because of the educational background and access to money enjoyed by those individuals, a distinctive prison culture developed. David Bush has spent more than two decades leading archaeological investigations at the site, and has uncovered a wealth of material culture that demonstrates the magnitude of POW craft jewelry manufacture, especially rings created by officer-prisoners for loved ones back home. In I Fear I Shall Never Leave This IslandBush pairs these discoveries with a deep reading of extant letters, including a rich trove of correspondence between Captain Wesley Makely, captured shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg, and his wife, Kate, at home in Alexandria, Virginia. Bush captures in compelling detail the physical challenges and emotional toll of prison life and offers fascinating insights into the daily lives of prisoners, guards, and the homefront. No other collection of Civil War letters offers such a rich context; no other archaeological investigation of Civil War prisons provides such a human story.
| List of Illustrations | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Johnson's Island Prison | p. 7 |
| Where Is Your Letter? (August 16-December 13, 1863) | p. 17 |
| Thoughts of Exchange (December 24, 1863-May 8, 1864) | p. 31 |
| Sending Images (May 11-September 15, 1864) | p. 70 |
| Hard Rubber and Hard Times (September 19, 1864-March 12, 1865) | p. 124 |
| Going Home... MORE | p. 207 |
| The Prisoner-of-War Experience | p. 225 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 239 |
| Notes | p. 241 |
| Bibliography | p. 249 |
| Index | p. 253 |
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David R. Bush is professor of anthropology at Heidelberg University in Ohio and chairman of the Friends and Descendants of Johnson's Island Civil War Prison. He has spent more than two decades leading archaeological investigations at the site, and has uncovered a wealth of material culture that demonstrates the magnitude of POW craft jewelry manufacture, especially rings created by officers-prisoners for loved ones back home.
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