Yankees in the Hill City: The Union Prisoner of War Camp in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1862-1865

by Clifton W. Potter Jr.

With three railroads and a canal passing through the city, Lynchburg, Virginia, was a major hospital center during the Civil War, far from the remote battlefields. A transit camp where Union soldiers remained before being paroled or transferred to another prison opened in June 1862 at the Fair Ground, just outside the city limits. Upon arrival, the sick and wounded were assigned to one of the 32 hospitals regardless of the uniform they wore. Union...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476695881
• ISBN13: 9781476695884
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up