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Home of the American Civil War: u.s.sanitary Commission and Other Relief Agencies

For Students 9th - 10th
The origins of the United States Sanitary Commission is discussed and its work in the aid of Union soldiers of the Civil War, trying "to do what the Government could not" for soldiers. From "The Photographic History of the Civil War" by...
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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...