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How many prisoners were imprisoned during the Civil War?

    Of the more than 150 prisons established during the war, the following eight examples illustrate the challenges facing the roughly 400,000 men who had been imprisoned by war's end. Salisbury Prison (North Carolina) The Confederacy opened Salisbury Prison, converted from a robustly constructed cotton mill, in 1861.

What happened to the first penitentiary?

    Little remains of that first penitentiary: only the Warden’s House is still standing. Since “The Walls” failed to be self-sufficient, the state entered into its first convict lease with McHatton-Pratt & Company. This system would continue for the next 56 years and was only interrupted by the Civil War.

Where can I find a book about military prisons of the Civil War?

    While in the Hands of the Enemy: Military Prisons of the Civil War. Louisiana State University Press. Silkenat, David (2019). Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-4972-6. Speer, Lonnie R. (1997). Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War.

Why did Civil War soldiers hate prisons?

    For more than the obvious reasons, Civil War soldiers in both armies despised military prisons. Not only were the inmates held against their will, but the hunger, filth, vermin, rampant disease, overcrowding, brutal treatment and soul-crushing ennui made prison camps slaughterhouses of slow death.
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