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White Mane Books
Language
English
Pages
287

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Subjects
History, Hostages, Political kidnapping, Prisoners and prisons, Reprisals, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
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United States
Times
19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: PAR I PIRACY IN NORTH AMERICAN WATERS
i Three Deadly Lotteries-Ligon's Tobacco Warehouse,
November 10-11, 18613
2 "Easy Money"-The Confederate Privateersmen11
3 Somehow, Hostages Made It20
4 Zarvona-7 for 129
5 Pirates plus Hostages, 186338
PART II CIVILIANS-USUALLY SITTING DUCKS45
6 Big Nets and Banner Hauls47
7 The Champion-Fredericksburg54
8 John Brown Uses Lewis Washington61
9 Phoebe Munden and Elizabeth Weeks69
10 Irrepressible William P. Rucker79
11 "Minor Incidents" Abounded86
12 Indomitable Samuel Price95
13 Vague Threats, Grim Warnings104
14 Hole-in-the-Day and Fellow Tribesmen113
PART III PRISONS AND PRISONERS 123
15 Hostages and Counterparts in Southern Prisons125
16 Northern Prisons for Hostages and Equivalents 136
PART IV SELECTED FOR SPECIAL RISKS149
17 Charleston, 1864-50/5151
18 Searchers for "Infernal Devices"160
19 Transportation and Communication 170
20 One Clipping, Six Hundred Hostages!176
PART V REGULARS ANDIRREGULARS185
21 Morgan, Streight, and Other Hostages in Uniform187
22 Fresh and Saltwater Cases194
23 Ragged Ratios203
24 Trouble in Loudoun County212
25 Approval at the Top218
26 "Little Blood-suckers" Saved Farragut227
27 William H. F. ("Rooney") Lee and Company 234
PART VI PROMINENT MEN WERE DEEPLY INVOLVED243
28 Former Minister to France245
29 Both Presidents Were Targeted254
30 A Cadaver as a Hostage262
Bibliography272
Index276.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-275) and index.

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Shippensburg, PA

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/7
Library of Congress
E615 .G37 2000

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viii, 287 p. :
Number of pages
287

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OL6782458M
Internet Archive
civilwarhostages00garr
ISBN 10
157249199X
LCCN
00031662
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1169008

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