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Views in and Around Martinsburg, Virginia by A. R. Waud (Harper's Weekly, December 3, 1864). The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia), in which it became the only modern state to have declared its independence from the Confederacy.
A Union Army soldier barely alive in Georgia on his release in 1865. Both Confederate and Union prisoners of war suffered great hardships during their captivity.. Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers.
American Civil War prisoners of war held by the United States (57 P) Pages in category "American Civil War prisoners of war" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 213 total.
Pages in category "American Civil War prisoners of war held by the Confederate States of America" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
American Civil War prison camps; Prisoner-of-war camp; C. List of concentration and internment camps This page was last edited on 10 December 2023, at 14:55 (UTC). ...
Pages in category "American Civil War prisoner of war massacres" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Battle of Philippi formed part of the Western Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War and was fought in and around Philippi, Virginia (now West Virginia), on June 3, 1861. A Union Army victory, it was the first organized land action of the war, though generally viewed as a skirmish rather than a battle.
Philippi was the scene of the first land battle of the American Civil War, on June 3, 1861. The battle was promptly lampooned as the "Philippi Races" because of the hurried retreat by the Confederate troops encamped in the town. (The battle is reenacted every June during the town's 'Blue and Gray Reunion.')