The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 2008
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 110, No. 62, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 110, No. 62, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 2008
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 287, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 287, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 2008
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 15, 2008 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 2008
Creator: Wilson, Chris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 2008 (open access)

Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 2008

Weekly newspaper published in Duncanville, Texas that includes local Cedar Hill, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 2008
Creator: Morris, Angel Jenkins
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 159, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 159, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 15, 2008
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 48, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 2008 (open access)

The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 48, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 2008

Semiweekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 15, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 2008 (open access)

Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 2008
Creator: Morrell, Donna
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 76, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 2008 (open access)

Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 76, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 2008

Semiweekly newspaper from Burleson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 15, 2008
Creator: Rayburn, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 48, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 2008 (open access)

Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 48, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 2008

Semi-weekly newspaper from Livingston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 15, 2008
Creator: Reddell, Valerie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 92, No. 80, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 2008 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 92, No. 80, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 2008
Creator: Zaman, Ashiq
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Andersonvilles of the North: the Myths and Realities of Northern Treatment of Civil War Confederate Prisoners

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Soon after the close of military operations in the American Civil War, another war began over how it would be remembered by future generations. The prisoner-of-war issue has figured prominently in Northern and Southern writing about the conflict. Northerners used tales of Andersonville to demonize the Confederacy, while Southerners vilified Northern prison policies to show the depths to which Yankees had sunk to attain victory. Over the years the postwar Northern portrayal of Andersonville as fiendishly designed to kill prisoners in mass quantities has largely been dismissed. The Lost Cause characterization of Union prison policies as criminally negligent and inhumane, however, has shown remarkable durability. Northern officials have been portrayed as turning their military prisons into concentration camps where Southern prisoners were poorly fed, clothed, and sheltered, resulting in inexcusably high numbers of deaths. Andersonvilles of the North, by James M. Gillispie, represents the first broad study to argue that the image of Union prison officials as negligent and cruel to Confederate prisoners is severely flawed. This study is not an attempt to “whitewash” Union prison policies or make light of Confederate prisoner mortality. But once the careful reader disregards unreliable postwar polemics, and focuses exclusively on the more reliable …
Date: October 15, 2008
Creator: Gillispie, James M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (open access)

Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Semiweekly newspaper from Seminole, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 15, 2008
Creator: Wright, Dustin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 135, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 2008 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 135, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 2008

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 2008
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 2008 (open access)

Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 2008
Creator: Wilkerson, James C., III
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 590, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 590, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: January 15, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 589, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 2008 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 589, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: January 15, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History