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For the first two years of the war, most captured soldiers were given parole and exchanged. Many returned to fight again. After the Confederate defeat at Vicksburg, the tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers were back in the fight within a few months. President Lincoln regarded this as foolish. He ordered a stop to the exchanges. Confederate prisoners were sent to camps in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Like the Yankees, the Confederates sent them to miserable prison camps. The most notable Confederate camp was Camp Sumter near Andersonville, Georgia, where thousands of Union men died or suffered permanent illness during the 18 months the camp was in operation.
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What happened to most soldiers that the Aztecs captured in battle?
The soldiers were sacrificed or taken as slaves.
What happened to confederate soldiers after Lee surrendered?
nobody could leave the union
Where was the prison in the south where 13000 captured union soldiers died located?
13,000 Union Soldiers died of disease and malnutrition at the Confederate prison in Andersonville, Georgia
What did the union soldiers call the gray uniformed Confederate soldiers?
They called the Confederate soldiers the Rebels or "Rebs"
Were there union and confederate soldiers?
Yes there were. Although the Union outnumbered the Confederate soldiers...
