Download or read book Camp Chase and the Evolution of Union Prison Policy written by Roger Pickenpaugh and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2007-10-14 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses an important yet often misunderstood topic in American History Camp Chase was a major Union POW camp and also served at various times as a Union military training facility and as quarters for Union soldiers who had been taken prisoner by the Confederacy and released on parole or exchanged. As such, this careful, thorough, and objective examination of the history and administration of the camp will be of true significance in the literature on the Civil War.