Living by Inches: The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons PDF
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Living by Inches Civil War ameri Ca Peter S. Carmichael, Caroline E. Janney, and Aaron Sheehan-D ean, editors This landmark series interprets broadly the history and culture of the Civil War era through the long nineteenth century and beyond. Drawing on diverse approaches and methods, the series publishes historical works that explore all aspects of the war, biographies of leading commanders, and tactical and campaign studies, along with select editions of primary sources. Together, t hese books shed new light on an era that remains central to our understanding of American and world history. Living by Inches The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons Evan A. Kutzler The University of North Carolina Press Chapel hill © 2019 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Set in Merope Basic by Westchester Publishing Ser vices Manufactured in the United States of Amer i ca The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Kutzler, Evan, author. Title: Living by inches : the smells, sounds, tastes, and feeling of captivity in Civil War prisons / Evan A. Kutzler. Other titles: Civil War Amer i ca (Series) Description: University of North Carolina Press : Chapel Hill, [2019] | Series: Civil War Amer i ca | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lCCN 2019012191 | iSBN 9781469653778 (cloth : alk. paper) | iSBN 9781469653785 (pbk : alk. paper) | iSBN 9781469653792 (ebook) Subjects: lCSh: United States— History— Civil War, 1861–1865— Prisoners and prisons. | Military prisons—U nited States— History— 19th century. | Military prisons— Confederate States of Amer i ca— History. | Prisoners of war—P sy chol ogy. | Senses and sensation. Classification: lCC e615 .K88 2019 | DDC 973.7— dc23 lC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2019012191 Cover illustration: Henry Van der Weyde’s sketch of a fellow prisoner in Danville, Virginia, from Henry Van der Weyde Sketchbook, 1864–1865. Courtesy of the Library of Virginia, James I. Robertson Jr. Civil War Sesquicentennial Legacy Collection. For Amanda This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowl edgments xi Introduction 1 Chapter ONe Dusk 16 Leveling the Senses Chapter tWO Anosmia 37 The Disabled Nose Chapter three Bite and Be Damned! 61 Chapter FOur Listening through the Cacophony 83 Chapter Five The Thoughts and Acts of Hungry Men 104 Epilogue 129 Sensing through Time Notes 137 Bibliography 167 Index 189 This page intentionally left blank Figures 1. Photo graph of Camp Chase 51 2. Map of Elmira 54 3. “Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864, Bird’s Eye View” 5 9 4. “Prison Realities” 77 5. “Flanking the Enemy” 78 6. “A Lady Visitor Come to Camp to See the Sights” 79 7. “Rebel Cruelty— Our Starved Solders— From Photo graphs Taken at United States General Hospital, Annapolis, Mary land” 113 8. “Relics of Andersonville Prison from the Collection Brought from There by Miss Clara Barton and Dorence Atwater, Aug., 1865, and Photographed by Brady & Co. for the Great National Fair, Washington, June, 1866” 114
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