Yankees in the Hill City: The Union Prisoner of War Camp in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1862-1865

by Clifton W. Potter Jr.

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. Thus, it was chosen as the site of a transit camp where Union soldiers remained before being paroled or transferred to another prison, opening 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 hospitals regardless...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476695881
• ISBN13: 9781476695884
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 178 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"