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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Confederate Prisoner of War Records|Confederate Prisoner of War Records]]''  
''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Confederate Prisoner of War Records|Confederate Prisoner of War Records]]''  
=== Records of the National Archives ===


There is a microfilm set of 145 Microfilm reels of 429 volumes naming Confederate-held prisoners is a set of 429 volumes naming Confederate-held prisoners:
There is a microfilm set of 145 Microfilm reels of 429 volumes naming Confederate-held prisoners is a set of 429 volumes naming Confederate-held prisoners:


*''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F36106 Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861–1865]''. {NARA M598}. Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1965–66, (FHL films 1303301–445.) Consists mainly of registers and lists of captured soldiers and civilians. The records may provide such information as names, rank, unit or residence, dates of capture, deaths, prisoners released, and so on.
*''Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861–1865'' {NARA M598} ({{FHL|1303301}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=%22Selected+records+of+the+War+Department+relating+to+Confederate+prisoners+of+war%22&qt=results_page Worldcat]) Consists mainly of registers and lists of captured soldiers and civilians. The records may provide such information as names, rank, unit or residence, dates of capture, deaths, prisoners released, and so on.
 
=== Related Books  ===
 
''Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War'' {{FHL|692179|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2spe}}. ([http://www.worldcat.org/title/portals-to-hell-military-prisons-of-the-civil-war/oclc/36817057&referer=brief_results Worldcat]) by Lonnie R. Speer contains the history of Union and Confederate prisons.
 


==== Histories  ====
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Speer, Lonnie R., ''Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War'', (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, c1997), contains the history of Union and Confederate prisons. {{FHL|692179|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2spe}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/portals-to-hell-military-prisons-of-the-civil-war/oclc/36817057&referer=brief_results Other libraries].
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