{"product_id":"the-immortal-six-hundred-and-john-f-schmutz-9781476691541","title":"The \"Immortal Six Hundred\" and the Failure of the Civil War POW Exchange Process","description":"\u003cp\u003e Compounding the devastating tragedy of the Civil War was the failure of the warring parties to maintain a system for exchange of prisoners of war, rather than imprisoning combatants for the duration. This failure added at least 56,000 deaths to those accumulating on the battlefield and caused the untold suffering of many thousands more. This book focuses on 600 Confederate officers, made prisoners of war, who were dispatched to Charleston Harbor to act as human shields, and were subsequently imprisoned elsewhere and deliberately starved nearly to death. These actions were the result of the breakdown of the exchange cartel, as well as the \"retaliation\" policies promoted by the Secretary of War and the Lincoln administration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John F. Schmutz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476691541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476691541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.65d","brand":"John F. Schmutz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46603004641535,"sku":"9781476691541","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_765aa2f0-2716-4f5e-8d54-cf6da0da8f02.jpg?v=1739695918","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-immortal-six-hundred-and-john-f-schmutz-9781476691541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}