Primary Sources

Report on the Treatment of Prisoners of War

Grade Level:
Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Subject:
Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
State Standards:
Georgia Performance Standards
High School (United States History) SSUSH9
Middle School (8th Grade GA Studies) SS8H6
Elementary School (5th Grade Social Studies – American History) SS5H1

This document is the report of a House of Representatives committee which interviewed former prisoners of war and civilians imprisoned by the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Very much a political document, the report does still contain much material of interest. Beginning on page 787 of the report are transcripts and written statements of Union POWs, telling their own experiences.

Details

VIEW:
http://archive.org/details/reportontreatmen00unit
PUBLISHER:
Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office
PUBLISHED DATE:
1869
TYPE:
Report or Paper

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Last updated: November 2, 2018