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Crime and Punishment Month at FindMyPast 

7/9/2015

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Records of U.S. Civil War Prisoners 1861- 1865

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FindMyPast Blog- 1 July, 2015

Thousands of soldiers were taken as prisoners during the U.S. Civil War and were incarcerated for months or years in prison camps. Many soldiers died in these prisoner of war camps, and many others were involved in prisoner exchanges or survived until the end of the war. Our Civil War Prisoners, 1861-1865 records include fascinating details about those imprisoned, including their affiliation (whether they were Union or Confederate soldiers), the prison they were held in, their unit name, 


regiment, function, company and rank, and the date and site of capture. 

Explore the records to learn essential information about their war . . .

service – and whether they survived their ordeal as a prisoner of war.  Look over the pages offered by FindMyPast.  Then use the link after the samples of the FindMyPast website to use the information shown below.
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Use this link to access the "US Civil War Prisoners 1861 -1865 - pages seen immediately above.
http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/civil-war-prisoners-1861-1865?_ga=1.36556128.1920806501.1421696322



To see the Complete Articke from the findmypast blog use this link:
http://blog.findmypast.com/2015/off-the-record-criminal-records/ 



Scroll down on the above link to get access of different county's Prisoners of War events such as: 
British Officers Taken Prisoner of War in  1914-1918
Irish Prison Registers 1790-1924
New South Wales Gaol Photographic Description Books 1871-1969

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