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At the beginning of the Civil War, neither the North nor South set out to harm or mistreat any of the men captured and placed in prison camps.The goal was to take men off the battlefields to give the respective sides an upper hand in winning the war. From 1861-1862, and accomplished with some success. However, no one expected the war to last long, nor did either side expect to have such a large number of prisoners captured.

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