The Civil War prison camp at Elmira, New York, had the highest death rate of any prison camp in the North: almost 25 percent. Comparatively, the overall death rate of all Northern prison camps was just over 11 percent; in the South, the death rate was just over 15 percent. Clearly, something went wrong in Elmira.
This is imperial Germany's handbook of warfare in World War 1. It talks about allowed and prohibited conduct during war. It includes treatment of enemy prisoners of war, non-combatants, hostages, 'war rebels', spies, terrorists; private property, booty, plundering, war levies; administration of enemy territory and treatment of inhabitants.
Explains how to observe everything, from the moon to meteor showers, with binoculars and provides safety tips for viewing eclipses. This guide also includes separate sections for winter, spring, summer, and fall that give advice on what to look for and how to optimise your viewing.
Colonel Irvin Alexander's Odyssey as a Japanese Prisoner of War
Few American prisoners of war during World War II suffered more than those captured when the Philippines fell to the Japanese in April 1942. In a horrifying captivity that lasted until the war's end, US troops endured the notorious Bataan Death March, overcrowded prison camps, and the stinking "hell ships" that transported them to Japan and ......
During the Civil War, over 30,000 Southern prisoners passed through the gates of Fort Delaware over the course of three years. As with all Civil War prison camps, Fort Delaware gained a reputation for wretched living conditions, and is still called the 'Andersonville of the North' by some historians.
With explanations and illustrations, this work covers the five basic elements of survival - personal protection, signalling, finding food and water, travel, and health, providing the reader with information on how to stay calm and alive until rescue arrives. It features information on keeping yourself safe and healthy in the wilderness.
Beginning with the premise that land management must be informed by a well-developed wilderness ethic, this book delves into the problems in environmental ethics. It also provides a history of the wilderness movement in America and gives a comprehensive survey of the legislation and agency structures that define wild lands management.
What should you do if you encounter a bear in the wild? What if you fall through thin ice? Or run out of water? Or get sick on wild food? This guide provides information about what to do when something goes wrong in the outdoors - both emergency situations and annoying accidents - in a portable format that's easy to use in the field.
In this companion volume to the popular "PCN" series, thirty-three of Pennsylvania's World War II veterans recount their wartime experiences. Although these soldiers hail only from Pennsylvania, they represent a cross-section of the war and Americans who served in it.
