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"Camp Ford Civil War Soldiers" by Catherine Sherman.

Civil War re-enactors advance in a line up a hill in a skirmish during a "POW Escape" at the annual Living History event at Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas, in March 2015.

Camp Ford was a prisoner of war camp near Tyler during the American Civil War. It was the largest Confederate-run prison west of the Mississippi River.

Established in the spring of 1862 as a training camp for new Confederate recruits, the first Union prisoners arrived at Camp Ford in August 1863. The camp was not closed until May 19, 1865.

At its peak in July 1864, over 5,300 prisoners were detained there.

The site of the Camp stockade is now a public park, owned by Smith County, Texas, and managed by the Smith County Historical Society. The Capt. James P. Douglas Camp 124, Tyler, Texas Division Sons of Confederate Veterans - 4TH Brigade, with the Smith County Historical Society hosted the living history event, which featur...

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