Rebels at Rock Island: The Story of a Civil War Prison by Benton McAdams

A thoroughly researched account of one of the Union's most notorious prisoner-of-war camps, Benton McAdams's Rebels at Rock Island tells the grim story of the Confederate soldiers held on a wind-swept island in the Mississippi River during the Civil War. Drawing on diaries, official records, and soldier accounts from both sides, McAdams brings to light the suffering, boredom, disease, and occasional humanity that defined life inside the prison walls. An important and often-overlooked chapter of Civil War history — essential for collectors of prison camp narratives and military history.