Yankees in the Hill City: The Union Prisoner of War Camp in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1862-1865 - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland and Company, Inc.ISBN-13:9781476695884ISBN-10:1476695881UPC:9781476695884Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), United StatesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC9HXW0D4K
Yankees in the Hill City: The Union Prisoner of War Camp in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1862-1865
With three railroads and a canal passing through the city, Lynchburg, Virginia, was a major hospital center during the Civil War, far from the remote battlefields. A transit camp where Union soldiers remained before being paroled or transferred to another prison opened in June 1862 at the Fair Ground, just outside the city limits. Upon arrival, the sick and wounded were assigned to one of the 32...
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland and Company, Inc.ISBN-13:9781476695884ISBN-10:1476695881UPC:9781476695884Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), United StatesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC9HXW0D4K
Clifton W. Potter, Jr. graduated from Lynchburg College in 1962 with a B.A. in history, magna cum laude. He was a Fulbright Fellow at Merton College, Oxford, and holds both an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia. After a teaching career spanning 54 years, he retired from the University of Lynchburg with the rank of professor of history, emeritus.
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