Florence Stockade | military, place with historical importance, confederate, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places

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The Florence Stockade, also known as The Stockade or the Confederate States Military Prison at Florence, was a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp located on the outskirts of Florence, South Carolina, during the American Civil War. It operated from September 1864 through February 1865; during this time, as many as 18,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned there, about 2,800 of whom died.
It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Stockade
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Coordinates:   34°10'37"N   79°44'52"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago