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Roundtable: Prisoners of War during the Petersburg Campaign
Join speaker Tim Talbott as he explores wartime prisoners in a presentation titled, “Gobbled Up: Prisoners of War during the Petersburg Campaign.” Tim Talbott is the current Chief Administrative Officer for the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust and was previously the Director of Education and Interpretation for Pamplin Historical park and The National museum of the... Read more »
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Focus Weekend: Prisoners of War
Visit Pamplin Historical Park for the first of four Focus Weekend events. This event is title Prisoners of War and highlights the capturing prisoners, which was a major facet of Civil War combat. An estimated 400,000 to 600,000 soldiers became prisoners during the war. Union General Horatio Wright’s U.S. Army VI Corps captured 3,000 Confederates... Read more »
