Yes, they did following of prisoners exchange
Please clarify: Civil inmates? Prisoners of War? Concentration Camp Prisoners?
12,000
False!
10,000
died
When the war ended.
Andersonville
hi
It was not uncommon for rogue commanders to have prisoners executed. This was true for both sides of the conflict.
In the civil war slaves were still slaves but still, they were with the enemy and were as such treated as the enemy.
Most of the prisoners were eventually let go but about 6,500 prisoners died in Iowa Prsions and camps
From what I have heard from a person very knowledgeable on the American Civil War, Grant wanted to exchange prisoners because he knew that Union prisoners were dying in Confederate POW camps, but he also knew that it would drag the war out longer. The Confederacy, short of personnel, would have thousands of released prisoners with which to fight the Union again. Despite his personal views, Grant decided that he could not allow a prisoner exchange.