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English: About 674,000 Union and Confederate soldiers and sailors were taken into captivity during the Civil War (16%
of total enlistments). While many were released on parole or immediately exchanged, 410,000 were held in 150 facilities throughout the country. Approximately 30,000 prisoners (15%) held in Confederate prisons died in captivity; approximately 27,800 prisoners (12% ) died in Union prisons.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 152 subcategories, out of 152 total.
A
- Daniel Weisiger Adams (12 F)
B
- Alpheus Baker (5 F)
- Melvin Baldwin (2 F)
- Rufus Clay Barringer (7 F)
- Seth Maxwell Barton (5 F)
- Joseph Grant Beale (3 F)
- William Beall (10 F)
- Lewis Benedict (3 F)
- Thomas Franklin Berry (6 F)
- Francis Bartow Beville (3 F)
- Edward McKendree Bounds (1 F)
C
- William Lewis Cabell (4 F)
- Camp Chase (32 F)
- Thomas James Churchill (6 F)
- Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr. (3 F)
- John Clem (29 F)
- Robert Thompson Cornwell (3 F)
- Montgomery Dent Corse (2 F)
- Alfred Cumming (general) (4 F)
D
- Flora Adams Darling (5 F)
- Henry Brevard Davidson (1 F)
- Joseph Robert Davis (6 F)
- James Deshler (4 F)
- John Jackson Dickison (3 F)
- Archibald S. Dobbins (5 F)
- Basil W. Duke (12 F)
- Johnson Kelly Duncan (5 F)
E
- Alfred Ely (6 F)
F
- Thomas Clement Fletcher (13 F)
- Lamar Fontaine (2 F)
- John Fraser (academic) (1 F)
- John W. Frazer (8 F)
- Emil Frey (8 F)
- Birkett D. Fry (2 F)
- Abram Fulkerson (3 F)
G
- Edward Williams Gantt (3 F)
- Franklin Kitchell Gardner (9 F)
- Hugh Alfred Garland Jr. (3 F)
- James M. Goggin (1 F)
- Daniel Chevilette Govan (7 F)
- Charles Kinnaird Graham (12 F)
- Hiram Bronson Granbury (5 F)
- John S. Green (6 F)
H
- Roger Hanson (10 F)
- Harrison Carroll Hobart (3 F)
- John A. Haydon (5 F)
- Thomas Hines (4 F)
- Frances Hook (3 F)
J
- Henry Rootes Jackson (5 F)
- James Henry Gooding (2 F)
- John W. January (6 F)
- David P. Jenkins (3 F)
- Adam Rankin Johnson (12 F)
K
- John Herbert Kelly (1 F)
- Thomas Stephen Kenan (1 F)
- Wheaton Theodore King (2 F)
L
- Polk Laffoon (3 F)
- Stephen Dill Lee (16 F)
- Walter Lenox (1 F)
- Collett Leventhorpe (3 F)
- William Gaston Lewis (2 F)
- Libby Prison (117 F)
- Horace Harmon Lurton (13 F)
- Hylan Benton Lyon (3 F)
- William Haines Lytle (7 F)
M
- James B. McCreary (13 F)
- Van. H. Manning (3 F)
- John S. Marmaduke (14 F)
- Elihu H. Mason (3 F)
- Charles P. Mattocks (13 F)
- Levi G. McCauley (4 F)
- Angus William McDonald (2 F)
- Marshall McDonald (1 P, 49 F)
- Thayer Melvin (1 F)
- William Raphael Miles (3 F)
- Warner Miller (8 F)
- Frank A. Montgomery (1 F)
- John Creed Moore (9 F)
- Charles S. Morehead (4 F)
N
- William H. Nash (1 F)
- William Truslow Newman (1 F)
O
- Henry Warren Ogden (2 F)
- William James Oliphant (13 F)
- Thomas O’Dea (Union soldier) (3 F)
P
- Francis Wayland Parker (1 F)
- William H. F. Payne (13 F)
- John Pegram (general) (6 F)
- Hazen S. Pingree (13 F)
- Trusten Polk (4 F)
- Benjamin Franklin Potts (4 F)
- William Farrand Prosser (5 F)
Q
- William Andrew Quarles (5 F)
R
- Charles William Read (2 F)
- Samuel J. Reader (1 P, 10 F)
- Alexander Welch Reynolds (3 F)
- Arthur Exum Reynolds (5 F)
- James B. Ricketts (1 P, 13 F)
- Andrew Jackson Riddle (13 F)
- John R. Rouzer (2 F)
- Edmund Winchester Rucker (5 F)
- Henry Sturgis Russell (4 F)
- Albert Rust (3 F)
S
- Robert Kingston Scott (4 F)
- Claudius Wistar Sears (3 F)
- Alexander Shaler (1 P, 17 F)
- Thomas Benton Smith (2 F)
- Robert Knox Sneden (1 P, 32 F)
- John W. Sprague (6 F)
- George Hume Steuart (8 F)
- Carter Littlepage Stevenson (6 F)
- John Marshall Stone (4 F)
- George Stoneman (30 F)
T
- M. Jeff Thompson (11 F)
- Albion W. Tourgée (49 F)
W
- James Barroll Washington (17 F)
- William A. Webb (5 F)
- Thomas Benton Weir (4 F)
- John Thomas Wilder (2 F)
- Mark Wood (Medal of Honor) (4 F)
Y
Media in category "Prisoners of war in the American Civil War"
The following 200 files are in this category, out of 256 total.
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"Experiences of a Prisoner in Dixieland" from The National Tribune (1926).jpg 2,017 × 2,896; 1.95 MB
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"Rebel Prisoners in the Dungeon of the State House at Jefferson City, Missouri.".jpg 5,366 × 3,200; 9.76 MB
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11thFireRegiment.jpg 1,048 × 609; 169 KB
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1616unknownIndianapolisIN.jpg 2,501 × 3,201; 1.17 MB
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1862 LOC sketch of Fort Donelson prisoners for Wiki article.png 500 × 324; 490 KB
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Harper's weekly (1865) (14741516596).jpg 2,236 × 3,058; 2 MB
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Harper's weekly (1865) (14577885408).jpg 2,212 × 2,908; 1.84 MB
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Home Again!--The story of a life in Rebel prison - Harper's Weekly 1865.jpg 1,251 × 866; 477 KB
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A Different Kind of Freedom (7222841970).jpg 750 × 1,050; 167 KB
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Ambrose L. Cassidy.jpg 654 × 1,160; 463 KB
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American Bastile.djvu 1,275 × 1,650, 753 pages; 23.32 MB
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Baseball game between Union prisoners at Salisbury, North Carolina, 1863 - NARA - 530502.jpg 3,000 × 1,739; 1.18 MB
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Bird's Eye View of the Confederate Prison Pen Salisbury North Carolina 1864.jpg 2,956 × 2,180; 1.78 MB
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Brownlow at Camp Chase.jpg 1,350 × 826; 758 KB
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ButlersVictimsFortStPhilip.jpeg 518 × 369; 111 KB
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Camp Morton.jpg 1,024 × 787; 330 KB
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Camp of Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain, May 12, 1863 MET DP70599.jpg 2,410 × 1,591; 1.08 MB
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Camp of Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain, Va - NARA - 525193.jpg 3,000 × 2,218; 1.69 MB
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Camp of Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain, Va., 1864 (4166176723).jpg 3,000 × 2,389; 1.6 MB
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Camp of Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain, Va., 1864 - NARA - 524770.jpg 3,000 × 2,389; 1.69 MB
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Camp of Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain, Virginia (4172455838).jpg 3,000 × 2,218; 1.61 MB
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Camp of Federal prisoners on Belle Isle, Richmond.jpg 760 × 493; 97 KB
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Camp scene, Guarding Confederate prisoners (4153842942).jpg 3,000 × 2,435; 1.73 MB
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Camp scene. Guarding Confederate prisoners - NARA - 524916.jpg 3,000 × 2,435; 1.81 MB
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Capt. Theodore R. Davis, 15th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry.jpg 600 × 1,050; 62 KB
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CAPTAIN HOPE K. HARRISON.jpg 1,288 × 1,759; 786 KB
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CAPTAIN J. W. HELM.jpg 566 × 742; 238 KB
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Captain Jo. H. Hastings.jpg 1,380 × 2,016; 780 KB
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Captured by Morgan's cavalry at La Vergne, Tennessee, 1863 LCCN2017646978.jpg 10,176 × 7,392; 10.79 MB
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CastlePinckneyPrisoners1861.jpg 407 × 369; 107 KB
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CastleThunder.jpg 640 × 638; 96 KB
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Chattanooga, Tennessee. Confederate prisoners at railroad depot LOC cwpb.02115.jpg 7,500 × 7,345; 7.61 MB
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Civil War POW 1864.jpg 909 × 512; 100 KB
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James Lide Coker.jpg 1,168 × 1,611; 286 KB
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Col. Alfred M. Wood - NARA - 530164.jpg 1,840 × 3,000; 1.89 MB
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Col. John B. Conyngham, 52nd Pennsylvania Infantry.jpg 213 × 205; 37 KB
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Confederate Mound at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.jpg 400 × 407; 43 KB
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Confederate officers held prisoners at Fort Warren, Boston.jpg 740 × 605; 135 KB
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Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain MET DP70639.jpg 2,406 × 1,561; 1.19 MB
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Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain, May 12 MET DP70634.jpg 2,589 × 2,003; 1.57 MB
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Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain, Virginia (4153042309).jpg 3,000 × 1,893; 1.22 MB
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Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain, Virginia - NARA - 525106.jpg 3,000 × 1,893; 1.28 MB
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Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1862 (cropped).jpg 1,197 × 890; 200 KB
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Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1862.jpg 1,350 × 1,086; 265 KB
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Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas, Chicago.jpg 880 × 678; 282 KB
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Confederate prisoners awaiting transportation, Belle Plain, Va (4271535647).jpg 3,000 × 2,243; 1.65 MB
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Confederate prisoners awaiting transportation, Belle Plain, Va - NARA - 527662.jpg 3,000 × 2,243; 1.73 MB
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Confederate prisoners awaiting transportation, Belle Plain, Va. - NARA - 528992.jpg 3,000 × 2,427; 1.64 MB
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Confederate prisoners awaiting transportation, Belle Plain, Va. - NARA - 528995.jpg 3,000 × 2,416; 1.45 MB
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Confederate prisoners captured at cavalry fight at Aldie, Va., June, 1864 LCCN2013645517.jpg 7,456 × 5,861; 5.79 MB
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Confederate prisoners Fairfax.png 600 × 489; 167 KB
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Confederate prisoners for exchange at Cox's Landing, Va LCCN2013645529.jpg 6,592 × 4,686; 3.12 MB
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Confederate Prisoners for Exchange, Cox's Landing, James River MET DP70594.jpg 2,425 × 1,626; 1.41 MB
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Confederate prisoners of war in Atheneum Prison, Wheeling, Va., 1863.jpg 3,782 × 2,926; 4.24 MB
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Confederate prisoners under escort to Belle Plain, Va., 1864. (4153727534).jpg 3,000 × 1,770; 1.02 MB
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Confederate prisoners under escort to Belle Plain, Va., 1864. - NARA - 524996.jpg 3,000 × 1,770; 1.08 MB
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Confederate prisoners waiting for transportation, Belle Plain, Va. (4166270155).jpg 3,000 × 2,258; 1.64 MB
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Confederate prisoners waiting for transportation, Belle Plain, Va. - NARA - 524824.jpg 3,000 × 2,258; 2.11 MB
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Confederate ram Atlanta (after capture), Trent's Reach, James River, Va LCCN2013646185.tif 5,417 × 3,383; 52.46 MB
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Confederate-pows-chattanooga.jpg 640 × 625; 74 KB
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Confederate-prisoners.gif 523 × 397; 79 KB
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Confederate view of the treatment of prisoners (IA confederateviewo00sout).pdf 739 × 1,300, 240 pages; 15.64 MB
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ANCExplorer Thomas Turpin Crittenden grave.jpg 956 × 1,280; 668 KB
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Dorence Atwater (7222590634).jpg 750 × 1,050; 323 KB
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Dorence Atwater (7222590714).jpg 750 × 1,050; 219 KB
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Dubuque County Jail (5999644768).jpg 3,648 × 2,137; 3.43 MB
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Encampment of Union prisoners at Belle Isle, Richmond, Virginia (17367567831).jpg 2,359 × 1,479; 766 KB
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For the stars and stripes (IA forstarsstripes00toml).pdf 1,066 × 1,652, 438 pages; 163.63 MB
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Fort Delaware POW 1864.jpg 1,495 × 845; 344 KB
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Four years with Morgan and Forrest (1914) (14739759566).jpg 1,952 × 1,516; 395 KB
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Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War (1894) (14760727064).jpg 3,056 × 2,200; 1.65 MB
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General Grant at City Point LCCN2007681056.jpg 5,723 × 4,598; 3.93 MB
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George Keyports Brady.jpg 263 × 350; 17 KB
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Gettysburg, Pa. Three Confederate prisoners LOC cwpb.01450.jpg 735 × 656; 63 KB
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Gettysburg, Pa. Three Confederate prisoners.jpg 728 × 648; 167 KB
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Richard Hamilton, New Jersey death certificate.jpg 4,385 × 4,383; 9.75 MB
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Harper's weekly (1865) (14764276662).jpg 3,048 × 2,064; 1.98 MB
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Thomas J. Higgins.jpg 184 × 301; 14 KB
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Winslow Homer - Prisoners from the Front - The Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg 3,577 × 2,260; 2.63 MB
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Winslow Homer - Prisoners from the Front.jpg 5,892 × 3,680; 4.11 MB
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Winslow Homer - Prisoners from the FrontFXD.jpg 5,892 × 3,680; 5.2 MB
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HONORABLE H. H. COOK.jpg 553 × 765; 217 KB
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Henry M. Hoyt - Brady-Handy.jpg 2,112 × 2,716; 484 KB
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Inside of reconstructed Prisoner Barracks, Fort Delaware.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 3.42 MB
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JOHN OGDEN MURRAY-wmm-01.jpg 1,023 × 1,872; 577 KB
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JOHN OGDEN MURRAY-wmm-2.jpg 1,221 × 1,724; 676 KB
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John s mosby.jpg 1,056 × 1,450; 286 KB
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JohnDReadPortrait.jpg 2,983 × 4,861; 10.48 MB
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Johney Reb LCCN2014646291.jpg 4,108 × 6,496; 3.07 MB
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Libby Prison (CP 3410), National Museum of Health and Medicine (4727461565).jpg 6,015 × 4,961; 1.21 MB
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Libby Prison by David Gilmour Blythe, 1863.jpg 1,569 × 1,035; 245 KB
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LIEUTENANT C. C. GRACE.jpg 1,524 × 2,058; 1.13 MB
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LIEUTENANT CHARLES F. CRISP.jpg 1,276 × 1,813; 751 KB
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LIEUTENANT J. L. GREER.jpg 1,133 × 1,570; 623 KB
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LIEUTENANT MATT HITSON.jpg 1,201 × 1,690; 820 KB
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LIEUTENANT WILLIAM EPPS.jpg 1,180 × 1,512; 717 KB
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Lt. Robert C. Crouch.jpg 303 × 385; 60 KB
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Mail Civi War POW.jpg 885 × 512; 70 KB
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Minutes of the Immortal Six Hundred Society 1910.djvu 1,095 × 1,699, 35 pages; 569 KB
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Morgans Men POW 1863.jpg 1,716 × 1,332; 605 KB
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New Orleans Levee 1863 Paroled Rebels Harpers.jpg 1,500 × 1,063; 341 KB
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OP 70 Embarkation of Exchanged Union Prisoners at Aiken's Landing 1865 (9093563318).jpg 2,400 × 1,646; 888 KB
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Paroled prisoners pass (Vicksburg).jpg 1,314 × 1,000; 334 KB
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Paroled prisoners pass.jpg 1,175 × 469; 175 KB
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Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (1913) (14762794265).jpg 2,704 × 1,594; 607 KB
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Photograph of a Group of Confederate Prisoners - NARA - 530333.jpg 3,000 × 2,257; 1.28 MB
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Pipe of David C. Balentine, Confederate Prisoner-of-War.jpg 5,400 × 4,038; 1.88 MB
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Pow cover 19May1865.jpg 1,112 × 641; 154 KB
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Price Raid (cropped).jpg 746 × 537; 580 KB
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Price Raid.gif 819 × 660; 411 KB
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Prison and jailers at Richmond (17342026596).jpg 2,515 × 3,000; 1.84 MB
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Prisoners at Camp Morton, c. 1863.jpg 5,572 × 4,364; 1.88 MB
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Prisoners captured at Woodstock, Va. - E. Forbes. LCCN2004661887.jpg 8,104 × 5,809; 7.15 MB
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Prisoners from Camp Groce, Texas, 75th NY.jpg 800 × 521; 260 KB
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Prisoners Stripped and Searched in the Snow at Camp Douglas.jpg 942 × 645; 399 KB
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Prisons at Richmond - Union troops prisoners at Belle Isle (17341949916).jpg 3,000 × 2,359; 1.72 MB
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Private Lewis F. Gay (5833048621).jpg 600 × 744; 55 KB
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Pvt Jackson O Broshears 1864.jpg 352 × 487; 83 KB
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Rebel Prisoners at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.jpg 1,965 × 1,497; 1.51 MB
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Rebel prisoners waiting at Belle Plain, Va. for transportation - NARA - 526662.jpg 3,000 × 2,304; 2.44 MB
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Rebel prisoners' camp near Belle Plain, Va - NARA - 524870.jpg 3,000 × 2,304; 2.61 MB
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Rees G Richards and other escapees March 17 1865.jpg 1,464 × 2,394; 873 KB
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Rees G Richards and other escapees March 17 1865.png 623 × 1,057; 461 KB
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Return of wounded Confederate prisoners, under a flag of tru Wellcome V0015313.jpg 3,306 × 2,179; 3.36 MB
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Sergeant Milo Bailey Kellogg, 146th New York Infantry.jpg 427 × 536; 242 KB
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Sketch of Genl. Custer, staff and prisoners.jpg 1,024 × 729; 123 KB
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Stephen French (c. 1862).png 294 × 344; 237 KB
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Stephen French, Esq. (1844-1929).jpg 528 × 660; 73 KB
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Stephen French, Esq. (c. 1863).png 617 × 860; 483 KB
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TerrorbytheTracksJohnReadMarker.JPG 3,648 × 2,048; 1.91 MB
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The Civil War - the national view (1906) (14759535081).jpg 2,960 × 1,948; 3.09 MB
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The Federal prison at Rock Island, Illinois, c1863-1865.jpg 725 × 447; 369 KB
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The illustrated London news (1861) (14593942527).jpg 2,064 × 2,920; 1.91 MB
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The illustrated London news (1861) (14779610052).jpg 2,092 × 3,096; 1.87 MB
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The Immortal Six Hundred.djvu 2,550 × 3,301, 447 pages; 9.11 MB