Danville's Civil War prisons, 1863-1865

During the Civil War, six abandoned tobacco factories in Danville, Virginia, served as one of the Confederacy's major prison compounds. From late 1863 to 1865, the Danville Prisons held over 7,000 captured Federals. The compound was used as both a permanent place of confinement and a transitory...

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Main Author: Byrne, Karen Lynn
Other Authors: History
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40998
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02092007-102016/