POW Camps "Tragedy and Triumph"

[LincolnMan]

(01-14-2013 02:00 PM)HerbS Wrote:  I wrote a short story about my Great Grandfather being a POW in a Confederate prison in Texas.Just-Google-"A Yankee Prisoner in Texas".The name of the prison was-Camp Ford-Tyler,Texas.

Herb:
I just read your story about your ancestor. Good stuff. What he must have went through! You mentioned how the prisoners would escape sometimes by tunneling under the wall. I can't even imagine how much work that must have entailed-at the risk of their very lives!