The Civil War: Prison Camps and Medical Care

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  1. 2. Soldiers who were captured by an enemy force during battle.
  2. 5. The _ proclamation was introduced by President Lincoln in 1863 in order to abolish slavery in all Confederate territories.
  3. 10. The notorious Civil War prison camp located in Georgia tasked with holding captured Union Soldiers.
Down
  1. 1. By the end of the Civil War, ___________ was not longer exclusively reserved for Men.
  2. 3. Many issues occurred when imprisoning war prisoners, including __________.
  3. 4. Former government clerk _____ Barton quit her desk job in order to become a battlefield nurse during the Civil War. She later founded the American Red Cross.
  4. 6. A disease spread by mosquitoes, which accounted for many deaths in Medical and Battle camps.
  5. 7. Many people called _ would buy up large supplies of certain goods, and hold them until the price climbed and they could make a huge profit.
  6. 8. While most battlefield doctors were aware of the relationship between cleanliness and infection, they did not know how to ________ their equipment.
  7. 9. There were more than ______ the number of deaths in prison camps on each side than in actual combat.