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Primary
University of North Carolina

Documenting the South: Report on the Condition and Treatment of Prisoners of War

For Students 9th - 10th
The official report by a joint select committee of the Congress of the Confederate States of America investigating the treatment of prisoners of war in Confederate prisons. An interesting look at a primary source document reflecting the...
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Handout
Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: The Inhumanities of War

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay from "The Confederate Military History, Vol. 1" which explains why prisons for prisoners of war were constructed after the failure of the prisoner exchange program in 1863.
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Handout
Other

Institute for Historical Review: The Civil War Concentration Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
In an article which examines the prisons of both the North and the South, Mark Weber explains the problems both sides encountered when dealing with prisoners of war and explores myths and truths surrounding the treatment of prisoners of...
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Primary
Other

Images of the Civil War: Prisoners and Prisons

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos and brief descriptions of prison and prisoner scenes from the Civil War.
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Website
Other

Ohio Historical Society: Civil War Prisoners' List

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ohio Historical Center provides a data base which gives the names, date imprisoned, and the prison for Ohio prisoners of war at Andersonville, and the prison at Salisbury, North Carolina.