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During the Civil War approximately 460,000 Confederate soldiers were taken prisoner by the North. The Confederacy claimed more than 210,000. Overcrowding, disease, starvation, and unimaginable cruelty were commonplace in Civil War Prisons. More than 25,000 Confederate soldiers died in prison during the Civil War. More than 30,000 Federal prisoners of war died in prison.
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During the Civil War approximately 460,000 Confederate soldiers were taken prisoner by the North. The Confederacy claimed more than 210,000. Overcrowding, disease, starvation, and unimaginable cruelty were commonplace in Civil War Prisons. More than 25,000 Confederate soldiers died in prison during the Civil War. More than 30,000 Federal prisoners of war died in prison.
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