Hoop Skirts Behind Union Bars

One hundred and sixty-five years ago our country was in turmoil. The president suspended habeas corpus and many Americans were imprisoned without knowing the charge. Military commanders were given the authority to arrest citizens.…

One hundred and sixty-five years ago our country was in turmoil. The president suspended habeas corpus and many Americans were imprisoned without knowing the charge. Military commanders were given the authority to arrest citizens. Civilians were having their civil liberties taken away. People were polarizing around what they believed, and were willing to fight for their rights. Concerns were growing that our democracy was in danger. Brave men and women gave everything to their cause.

This book shares the stories of women of the South who were imprisoned by the Union, and the suffering they endured. Topics include:

Lincoln's Suspension of Habeas Corpus during the Civil War

Civil War Military Prisons-More than Andersonville

Facts Concerning Some Major Union Prisons

Ship Island

Point Lookout

Fitchburg Female Prison

Camp Douglas

Old Capitol

Alton Prison

Elmira

The Laws that Changed the Rules about Arresting and Imprisoning Women

Eugenia Levy Phillips

Jane Perkins

Mrs. Mary B. Morris

Women at Alton

Catherine Virginia Baxley