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Period: to
The Civil War
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Fort Sumter
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First Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Shiloh
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Antietam
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Andersonville Prison Camp opens
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Period: to
Andersonville Prison Camp
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Prisoner Population
7160 -
Prisoner Population
12,000 -
Cold Harbor
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Prisoner Population
20,652 -
Andersonville Prison Camp expands to 26.5
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Prisoner Population
23,942 -
Cpt. Wirz request to trade prisoners denied
Cpt. Wirz paroles 5 Union soldiers to request trading prisoners with the North again. -
Prisoner Population
29,076 -
Prisoner Population
31,678 -
Prisoner Population
31,693 -
Andersonville Prison Camp captured
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Captain Wirz Executed
At 10:32, Captain Wirz was executed by the government for war crimes during the Civil War.
