Rebels on Lake Erie
Publisher: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Published: June 1, 1997
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780967839622
Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865; History; Johnson Island Prison; Johnson's Island, Lake Erie; Military - United States; Prisoners and prisons; United States; United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); History / Military / United States; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
First sentence: Orders were issued October 3, 1861, with the Civil War a little more than six months old and going badly for the North, to locate a Federal prison, or "depot for prisoners of war," on the islands in Lake Erie.