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...

Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter), a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War. Most of the...

time of war. There are significant differences among POW camps, internment camps, and military prisons. Purpose-built prisoner-of-war camps appeared...

Prison was originally a barracks for "Camp Rathbun" or "Camp Chemung", a key muster and training point for the Union Army during the American Civil War...

was about 2%, the lowest rate of any Civil War prison camp. Most Confederate camps averaged 15.5% and Union camps had mortality rates of more than 12%;...

Union-operated prison camp for Confederate prisoners during the American Civil War. The camp was closed and dismantled after the war and the site has...

penal institution in Washington, D. C. used as a military prison during the American Civil War, currently located inside Fort Lesley J. McNair. Four Lincoln...

prisoner during the American Civil War. Based south of the city on the prairie, it was also used as a training and detention camp for Union soldiers....

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Prisoner of War Camp". The American Civil War. mycivilwar.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013. Ken Stover. "Civil War Prison Camps". Civil War Academy.com...