US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
This comprehensive site from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) describes the history of the participation of colored troops in the Civil War and government efforts to research and compile records about them....
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Alabama and World War Ii Pow Camps
During World War II, the state of Alabama held thousands of German prisoners of war in camps. Learn about how these camps were run and view images from this period in American history.
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Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Point Lookout State Park History
A brief description of the prisoner-of-war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland.
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: John Jacob Omenhausser, Civil War Sketchbook
Point Lookout, Maryland, 1864-1865 John Jacob Omenhausser was a Confederate soldier who was imprisoned towards the end of the American Civil War, from June 1864 to June 1865, at Point Lookout, Maryland. During his stay there, he...
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Army Nurse Corps
This brochure was printed to commemorate and capture the history of the Army Nurse Corps. Read about their amazing adventures in WWII while looking at pictures and learning amazing facts about these women.
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Art Montana: Ben Steele Prisoner of War Chronicles
The story of Ben Steele, an American soldier captured on the Bataan Peninsula and forced on the Bataan Death March. The site links to his drawings with a brief explanation.
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Texas Historical Commission: Texas in the Civil War [Pdf]
A comprehensive 36-page history of the Civil War in Texas. Includes numerous images, maps, primary documents, profiles of leading figures, a timeline, and information about battles. Specific topics are addressed, such as the cotton...
History of American Wars
History of American Wars: Revolutionary War Soldiers
Describes the clothing and uniforms worn by soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Also explains what the rank of officer meant in the British military and how a man became an officer. How Congress eventually created an army is...
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Island Farm: Pow Camp 198
Tells the story of Camp 198 which was the site of the largest escape of German POWs from a Prisoner of War camp in England during World War 2.
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Texas Beyond History: Uncovering Camp Ford
This site introduces some recent research based on archaeological efforts and proceeds to the history of Camp Ford, a Confederate run prisoner of war camp.
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Chemung County History: Elmira Prison Camp
A brief look at the Federal prison at Elmira, New York. As more information has surfaced about this prison, the reality of the treatment of the Confederate prisoners of war has become more clear.
University of Alberta
Alberta Law Foundation: German Internment During the First and Second World Wars
The history of German internment camps established in Canada during the world wars is profiled! Why were they created? What did Canadians fear? How did Canadians of German descent feel? This is a very informative article.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Andersonville Prison
Andersonville Prison was created in February, 1864 to relieve the overcrowding of Union prisoners in other nearby prisons. It closed a year later due to sanitation problems among others and had earned a reputation for inflicting...
Other
Family Search: Philippine Insurrection, 1899 to 1902
During the Philippine Insurrection, more than 125,000 American soldiers were sent to the Philippines, and over 4,000 deaths occurred during this conflict. This was also known as the Philippine-American War and the War of Philippine...
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: Elmira Prison
Read about the horrible conditions at Elmira Prison in New York. Find out how many Confederate prisoners it held and what diseases they suffered from. From "The Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War ."
Archaeological Institute of America
Archaeology: Doing Time
A brief description of Johnson's Island Prison followed by links to correspondence of the prisoners, a map of the prison, and information about a current archaeological dig at the site.
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Asian Pacific Americans in the u.s. Army: The Bataan Death March
A good description of the Bataan Death March and conditions in the POW camps following the fall of the Philippines in 1942.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
In this activity students will analyze a two-page poster that the Government used to recruit recently freed slaves to fight for the Union Army during the Civil War. The poster refers to the Emancipation Proclamation and to President...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Trailblazing Surgeon Mary Walker Still One of a Kind
Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) was an American abolitionist, prisoner of war, and surgeon. She received the highest medal one can receive in the military, the Medal of Honor, for her role as a surgeon during the Civil War. In this...
Curated OER
National Park Service: The Moore House and Articles of Capitulation
The National Park Service provides a brief history of the Moore House where the surrender of Cornwallis took place. The Articles of Capitulation are explained as well.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Andersonville Prison (Henry Wirz) Trial (1865)
This module discusses the trial of Henry Wirz, the Confederate commander who was in charge of Camp Sumter, otherwise known as Andersonville, were Union prisoners of war died at an alarming rate.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: R. F. Shier: Uss Harvard Writes Home: Harvard Incident
Letter written by Rex F. Shier during the Spanish American War, a marine serving aboard the USS HARVARD, in which he writes about the crewmen concerning the shooting of several Spanish prisoners of war aboard the vessel.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Forced Labor of Germans in the Soviet Union
This site discusses the Soviet Union's use of German citizens and prisoners of war as forced laborers as a feature of war reparations during and after World War II.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Prisoners at Home: Everyday Life in Japanese Internment Camps
This exhibition tells stories of everyday lives in Japanese Internment camps during World War II.
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