Episode 29 - Riotto on US Civil War POWs

Dr. Jonathan Abel, joined by Dr. Bill Nance, discuss US Civil War POWs with Dr. Angela Riotto. She explains how a soldier might become a POW and what the differences in kinds of POWs were. She details how POWs thought about themselves during and after their captivity. She discusses the conditions of the camps, which worsened throughout the war, especially in the South. Finally, she outlines how POWs and memory helped shape the Lost Cause.

"History is only a confused heap of facts." - Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

Host: Dr. Jonathan Abel, CGSC DMH

DMH Podcast Team: Drs. Jonathan Abel, Mark Gerges, Bill Nance, and Angela Riotto

Artwork: Daniel O. Neal

Music: SSG Noah Taylor, West Point Band