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Today we're joined by Professor Lorien Foote (Texas A&M University) to talk about Union prisoners in the Civil War South. Specifically, the prisoner exchange system, the role of 19th century concepts of honor, and how these prisoners escaped as the Confederacy broke down towards the end of the war.
She is the author of several books including The Gentlemen and the Roughs Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army and The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy.
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Good podcast.
Were prisoners who refused to sign a parole watched more closely?
Having data capped internet, what's the typical size of a podcast? Imagine it's not too large? 100M or so?