-- The testimony of Ashley Wilkes of Gone with the Wind has helped to seal Rock Island's reputation as the "Andersonville of the North". Revealing that Rock Island Prison was not without its problems -- ignominous punishments, inadequate facilities, malnutrition, and lack of basic supplies -- McAdams shows that Union officers in charge of the camp sought to maintain humane conditions as best they could in the face of severe shortages, disease, and a war that raged on longer than anyone anticipated. Two dozen rare photographs and sketches round out the unflinching descriptions of prison life.