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Blackshear Prison was a temporary prisoner of war camp located in Blackshear, Georgia, during the American Civil War. During Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's 1864 "March to the Sea", Confederate officials hastily made plans to evacuate a number of existing POW camps and relocate their occupants further from the Federal army. As Blackshear is deep in southeast Georgia in a pine forest, it was thought to be a safe place for this relocation.
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World Prisons. (2026). Blackshear Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/blackshear-prison
"Blackshear Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/blackshear-prison.
@misc{worldprisons-blackshear-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Blackshear Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/blackshear-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}