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Libby Prisoner of War Camp
Search, View, Print Union & Confederate Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Union 1865-1868
Richmond, Virginia
Originally, the Libby prison was used by the Confederates. Following the occupation of Richmond on April 3, 1865, the Union army overran and took over control of the prison.
Union authorities used the prison until August 3, 1868 as an incarceratory for former Confederates.
