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Lectures in History: Civil War Prisons

Andersonville Prison

Andersonville Prison

Norfolk, Virginia
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Old Dominion University professor Timothy Orr teaches a course on the Civil War and Reconstruction. In this lecture, he discusses how Union and Confederate forces handled prisoners of war, and takes a look conditions inside some Civil War prison camps. Old Dominion University is located in Norfolk, Virginia.

Updated: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 11:22am (ET)

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