Camp Ford's Civil War

Matthew M. Stith is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Tyler. He is the author or co-editor of four books, including Extreme Civil War: Guerrilla Warfare, Environment, and Race on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier and, co-edited with G. David Schieffler, Hundreds of Little Wars: Community, Conflict, and the Real Civil War.

• Introduction: the dark corner of the confederacy; 1. Backdrops, 1850–1862; 2. Paths to captivity, 1863; 3. Imprisoned, July 1863–April 1864; 4. Influx, April 1864; 5. Behind the deadline, April 1864–April 1865; 6. Escaping Camp Ford, 1863–1865; 7. Camp Ford's New Civil War, 1865–2025; Conclusion: meaning and memory.

'Matthew M. Stith reconstructs the largely forgotten history of a Confederate prison to examine broader themes of community, survival, and postwar memory. Well written and deeply researched, Camp Ford's Civil War is an absorbing study, raising important questions about what Americans forget and what they remember about their civil war.' Lesley J. Gordon, author of Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War