While most people associate cruel Civil War prisons with the South, thanks in part to the infamous Andersonville prison in Georgia, an East Stroudsburg University history professor claims the Union's ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — Elmira’s history of the Civil War is expanding as plans to add a new structure to the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp museum will soon be a reality, as groundbreaking is expected in ...

A group that works to publicize and remember an infamous chapter in Elmira's history — a Civil War prison camp where thousands of Confederate soldiers died — is kicking off a fundraising campaign to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Racing against time, South Carolina archeologists are digging to uncover the remnants of a Civil War-era prisoner-of-war camp before the site in downtown Columbia is cleared to ...

For 14 months late in the Civil War, Andersonville was probably the worst place on earth, a horror show from beginning to end. Alpheus Pike of Bloomington spent more than three months at this ...

A Union officer leads a desperate escape from Richmond’s infamous Libby Prison. Libby Prison: an inescapable fortress in Richmond, Virginia known for its stark white walls, numbing conditions…and ...

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