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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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WHERE FIVE THOUSAND CONFEDERATE PRISONERS LAY ENCAMPED On the heights ahmo the hollow the Union sentries can be descried against the sky-line. The clusterof huts on the right-hand page is part of the Federal camp. From December, 1862, to June, 1863, thegloomiest half-year of the war for the North, the Federal army was encamped near Falmouth, Virginia, alittle town on the Rapjiahannock Ri\-er opposite Fredericksburg. The winter-quarters stretched back formiles toward Belle Plain and Aquia Creek, the bases of supplies. Continuous scouting and skirmishingwent on throughout the winter, and the Confederate prisoners captured during this time were confined atBelle Plain until arrangements could be made to send tliem to Northern prisons. Here also was the greatquartermasters supply depot, and these prisoners at least never lacked ample rations. They were but a (42)
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EVIEWS CO. A SCENE AFTER THE BATTLE OF SPOTS\XVANIA—)\Iay, 1S64 few of the 462,634 Confederate soldiers who were captured during tlie war. This figure is that of GeneralF. C. Ainsworth, of tlie United States Record and Pension OflBce. Of tliis luiniber 247,769 were paroledon the field, and 25,796 died while in captivity. The Union soldiers captured during the war numbered 211,411,according to the same authority, and of these 16,668 were paroled on the field, and 30,218 died while incapti\ity. The difference between the number of Union and Confederate prisoners is due to the in-clusion in the Confederate number of the armies surrendered by Lee, Johnston, Taylor, and Kirby Smith dur-ing tlie months of April and Slay, 1865. There are other estimates which differ very widely from this,which is probably as nearly correct as possible, owing to the partial destruction of the records. tlie war to risk the placing of prisoners of importance there.Provost-marshals arrested thousands in the Xo

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