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 === Records of the National Archives ===
-There is a 145 reel Microfilm set of 429 volumes available from the National Archives that gives the names of Confederate-held prisoners. It 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. [[United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Learn more]] about this collection.
+==== Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 ====
+The "Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865" (NARA M598) is a collection consisting of 427 bound volumes. The records are of Confederate prisoners of war and political prisoners confined in Union
+prisons. They consist mainly of registers and lists of captured soldiers and civilians. The records contain information such as names, rank, unit or residence, dates of capture, deaths, and prisoners released. [[United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Learn more]] about this collection.
+'''Online'''
+*{{RecordSearch|1916234|United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865}} (FamilySearch)
+'''Libraries'''
+*Locate these records at a library using [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32631258 Worldcat].
-*''Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861–1865'' {NARA M598} ({{FHL|1303301}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32631258 Worldcat])
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