The story of the prisons of the Civil War is a very sad one. Thousands of men died from disease…
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150 years ago the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, was beginning to fill with Union prisoners. This photograph was taken…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFXpeL1A-kg During the Civil War the civilians suffered hardships, and many came from the blockade of their coast by…
https://vimeo.com/86342775 Historian Sam Smith discusses the complexities of the many armies involved in the Civil War. This video is part…
Libby Prison There were many thousands of prisoners captured by both sides in the Civil War. Although many were patrolled…
As the siege of Petersburg, Virginia wound down in the winter of 1864, the fighting slowed down and the soldiers…