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Salisbury prison fire marks end of Confederate camp
The 1865 Salisbury prison blaze wiped out a notorious Yankee camp in a field now a national cemetery. Historians dispute the death toll with estimates ranging from 6,000 to 11,700. blame shifted toward Andersonville and prisoner exchanges ended earlier that year.
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Salisbury
N.C
South
Burgess White
Elbert Sherrill
Huntersville
Pieco Mene Hanna
United States Army
Edwin Staunton
United States
Andersonville
A. W. Mangum
University of North Carolina
National Cemetery
Beautiful National
Old Cornfield