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Camp Ford
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Camp Ford was a POW camp near Tyler, Texas, during the American Civil War.[1] It was the largest Confederate-run prison west of the Mississippi.[2][3]
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Camp Ford | |
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Near Tyler, Texas | |
![]() The Price Raid by Samuel J. Reader shows Union prisoners on the way to Camp Ford in October 1864 | |
Coordinates | 32°23′44.13″N 95°16′7.28″W |
Site history | |
Built | 1862 (162 years ago) (1862) |
Built by | ![]() |
In use | 1862 (1862)–1865 (1865) |
Events | American Civil War |
Garrison information | |
Past commanders | Col. R. R. Brown |
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