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who was held hostage by Ulysses s. grant during the civil war
The Union prison located at Elmira, NY , it's told, was every bit as bad as the reputation held by the Confederate prison for Union prisoners at Andersonville, Georgia. Some called it "Hellmira".
They were names of prisons that held people during the Civil War.
Not many, there were some who were held in 'starvation cells' and others in the prison blocks may well have died through lack of water.
No they would not
It was a Prison compound in England, that held captured American mariners and privateers during the American Revolution and operated from 1777 to 1782
During the Civil War, General Sherman held strong to a total war policy.
There was no prison camp. They were walked from FL to OK and many died. In OK they were put on a reservation.
I believe it was Andersonville----Google it for more info
Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, was the confederate prison located in Georgia that had horrible living conditions. It was known for its overcrowding, lack of shelter, poor sanitation, and inadequate food supply, leading to high mortality rates among the prisoners held there during the American Civil War.
Antietam (Sharpsburg)
Many soldiers spent some time in prisoner of war camps during the US Civil War. Approximately 410,000 soldiers spent time in prison. Of these, 210,000 were Confederates, and 200,000 were Union soldiers. Approximately 56,000 in total died from disease in the prison camps. This was substantial and the figure is almost ten percent of all military deaths in the war.