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Captives in Blue: The Civil War Prisons of the Confederacy (2013) excerpt and text search ch 4 pp 57-73 covers US Army parole camps in the North; Parole of Civil War Prisoners, civil war.com; Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, pa-roots.com. The American Civil War: 365 Days, from the Library of Congress, by Margaret Wagner, entry for October 6 ...
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.
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 .
The Dix–Hill Cartel was the first official system for exchanging prisoners during the American Civil War.It was signed by Union Major General John A. Dix and Confederate Major General D. H. Hill at Haxall's Landing on the James River in Virginia on July 22, 1862.
Pages in category "American Civil War prisoners of war held by the United States" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Union prisoner of war camp in Chicago during the American Civil War. Camp Douglas, in Chicago, Illinois, sometimes described as "The North's Andersonville," was one of the largest Union Army prisoner-of-war camps for Confederate soldiers taken prisoner during the American Civil War. Based south of the city on the prairie, it was also used as a ...
During the Civil War, Fort Delaware went from protector to prison; a prisoner-of-war camp was established to house captured Confederates, convicted federal soldiers, and local political prisoners as well as privateers. [26]
Camp Chase was an American Civil War training and prison camp established in May 1861, on land leased by the U.S. Government. [4] It replaced the much smaller Camp Jackson which was established by Ohio Governor William Dennison Jr as a place for Ohio's union volunteers to meet. [4]