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HIS 226 - Civil War: Prisoner of War Camps

A guide to support History 226, The Civil War. This course examines the social, political, economic, and ideological forces that led to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Topics include regional conflicts and sectionalism, dissolution of the Union, militar

Civil War Prisons (POWs) -- Articles

Salisbury Prison in 1864, illustration from 1886

Ebooks on the Civil War

American Civil War

A concise and well-informed introduction to the most traumatic and bloodiest war in American history. Recounts the events that led from the early battles through the terrible confrontations at Gettysburg and Vicksburg to the South's final surrender at Appomattox in 1865.

Books on the Civil War

Out of the Mouth of Hell

Early in the Civil War, prisons were adequate to hold the numbers of prisoners. As the war continued and the number of prisoners increased, so did the number of facilities. Some 150 locations were utilized to hold soldiers captured on the battlefield as well as political prisoners suspected of disloyalty.

Civil War -- Films on Demand