POW Camps "Tragedy and Triumph"

[LincolnMan]

I have a Confederate ancestor-Allen D. Nash-who was captured just after the Battle of Murfreesboro. He was sent to the prison camp at Rock Island. The conditions there, like at other POW camps were beyond deplorable. He became a "galvanized yankee"- and got himself out of there after surviving more than a year in "hell." Fortunately, for him, he lived a long life afterward. He raised a family and became a success in life. His story ended well. He was very lucky to have survived. Thousands of his comrades did not. One is amazed to see the graves of the Confederate dead there at Rock Island- there are so many. War is cruel, indeed.