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If the losing army did not manage to escape, they would be ordered to hand in their weapons ("Stack Arms!"), and then be transported to prison-camps, from where they might be exchanged for prisoners on the other side.
When Grant became General-in-Chief in March 1864, he stopped prisoner-exchange, knowing that the manpower balance would then be tilted against the Confederates, thus shortening the war.
It did - but at a terrible cost. For the prison camps became horrendously overcrowded, at a time when food supplies were running out for the armies and civilians alike. Naturally prisoners came last in line.
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What battle ended the Civil War?
surrender at Appomattox ended the civil war
Which civil war battle was fought along the rio grande river after the war had already ended?
The Battle of Palmito Ranch.
What war ended the American Civil War?
If you mean what battle ended the war, the traditional ending to the war was the Surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.
Who was involved when the Civil War ended?
General Ulysses Grant and General Robert E. Lee were involved in the final battle of the Civil War.
Where did the US Civil War start and end?
the civil war started with the battle of fort Sumter and ended ion the appomattox Courthouse where general Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the civil war.
