The ORs: The Prisoner of War Process - From Battlefield to Prison Camp

The "Rally on the Colors" Podcast returns with another episode from the ORs, this one specifically focusing on the prisoner of war process. In this episode, Bill and Steve, deep dive the process that Civil War soldiers faced from the time they were captured on the battlefield until they were incarcerated at a prisoner of war camp. In this episode you will find information specific to the Army of the Potomac and how the Provost Guard and Provost Marshal acted within their roles. The episode also includes a small segment covering the Articles of War from the Revised Regulations of the United States Army of 1861 and how those articles played a role in the prisoner of war process. This episode specifically focuses around soldiers being captured during the Gettysburg Campaign due to the Dix-Hill Cartel fallout after the Confederate Congress decided to recognize African-American Union soldiers as fugitive slaves. The episode ends by specifically focusing on the two worst camps of the War, Elmira in the North and Andersonville in the South. We hope you enjoy this episode as some of the topics near the end were difficult to discuss and walk away from this episode with a perspective about the process that soldiers went through upon being captured on the battlefield. We thank you for your continued support! Always Forward!

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