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Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. From the start of the Civil War through to 1863 a parole exchange system saw most prisoners of war swapped relatively quickly.
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.
Pages in category "Perpetrators of American Civil War prisoner of war massacres" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
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.
That was the largest prison riot in the U.S., with more than 1,000 prisoners involved. "He left to be a truck driver after the riot," Thacker said. "This is the best job I ever had, working here.
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). ...
West Virginia regions 1863. West Virginia was created out of three regions of Virginia; the Northwest, the Shenandoah Valley, and the Southwest. [15] When secession from the United States became an issue for Virginia, there was little support for it in the counties bordering the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, but there was more support in the central and southern counties of what became West ...