Confederate Prisoner of War Records: Difference between revisions

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:

*''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.

''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.