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.
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