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4.7 CIVIL.WAR IN THE EAST 7867-7865
PRISONERS OF WAR
Union captuAed about 188,000 pAisoneAS, c o n fin in g 94,000 in & exchanging th e
AemaindeA. The CSA ^iguAeS weAe 476,000 & 227,000. C o n d itio n s bad in th e &
th e death n o te h ig h . Camp Doug£as neon C h ica g o , I ££. was one o£ 33
which mai£ is AecoAded; 6 000 (1862) to 12,000 (1864) weAe he£d on a 40 acAe s it e .
Camp Dougiai Ceniod ffandi-tamp on POtil Le Kentucky; CHICAGO/ ILL.
Since Kentucky demined in the Union the Letted did not the Lined.
South had 65 PAiSons w ith mai£ known &Aom28. Libby PAiSon in Richmond had been a
s h ip 's ch an d ten ’ s wanehouse faouA s t o n ie s high & i t housed up to 4,000 POW’s at a tim e .
POU1 mai£ went on th e ’ F£ag-o{,-TAuce'boat down th e Jam es R to 0£d P o in t Com-^oAt, \Ja.
mi 'Libby Pdiion', coved idom POlil Lt. lamed fUggenion; Union dcdi OLD POINT COMFORT/ UA.
Ceniod manfelngi wede daddy applied to mail piom Soaihenn Pdiioni.
CSA poiLage To the bodded wad paid by endoiing thii in anothed envelope.
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