Ship Island, Mississippi
Subtitle: Rosters and History of the Civil War Prison
Publisher: McFarland; McFarland & Co.
Published: October 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9780786432363
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; History; History - Military / War; History - U.S; History: American; USA; General; Military - General; United States - Civil War; United States - General; United States - State & Local - South; History / United States; 19th century; Military prisons; Mississippi; Prisoners of war; Registers; Registers of births, etc; Ship Island
Description: "Used as a French base of operations and later by the British during the Battle of New Orleans, Ship Island served as a Federal prison under the command of Union Major-General Benjamin F. Butler during the Civil War. This volume traces the history of Ship Island which lies about 12 miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast"--Provided by publisher.