During the American Civil War, numerous camps were established to hold prisoners of war from both sides.

One of these, and the most notorious, was Camp Sumter, better known as Andersonville Prison.

Andersonville, as with all the prisons in the Civil War, were some of the first dedicated prisoner of war facilities in history,

and in the case of Andersonville, it was one of the worst.

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Before the U.S. Civil War, holding prisoners of war in camps was limited, ad hoc, and usually temporary.

Because wars were smaller, armies were seasonal, and long-term mass captivity was rarely necessary.

In ancient and medieval warfare, capture soldiers were often killed, enslaved, ransom, or incorporated into the victor's forces rather than held in dedicated camps.

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