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Yankees in the Hill City : the Union prisoner of war camp in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1862-1865 /

"With three railroads and a canal passing through the city, Lynchburg, Virginia, was a major hospital center during the Civil War, far from the remote battlefields. Thus, it was chosen as the site of a transit camp where Union soldiers remained before being paroled or transferred to another pri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Potter, Clifton W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024]
Subjects:
Prisoner-of-war camps > Virginia > Lynchburg > History > 19th century.
Lynchburg, Battle of, Lynchburg, Va., 1864 > Casualties > Registers.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Casualties > Registers.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Prisonniers et prisons.
Camps de prisonniers de guerre > Virginie > Lynchburg > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Table of Contents:
  • Tobacco city
  • The decline of Richmond
  • The Lynchburg system
  • Vermin and vespers
  • The Lynchburg Campaign
  • The convenience of memory
  • Burial records for POWs, 1862-1865
  • Lynchburg Campaign casualties, KIA/MIA.