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Camp Ford was a POW camp near Tyler, Texas, during the American Civil War.House of Representatives: Report on the Treatment of Prisoners of War by the Rebel Authorities during the War of the Rebellion, page 199. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1869. It was the largest Confederate-run prison west of the Mississippi.Texas State Historical Society: Camp Ford. Retrieved August 18, 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

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