GDG- Belle Isle

[Alice J. Gayley]

Belle Isle became a prison camp for Union enlisted prisoners following 
the first battle of Bull Run.

128thpa at comcast.net wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> <<Belle Isle was a Confederate prison for enlisted men, the way that Libby
> Prison was a prison for officers (with exceptions)>>
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> David:
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> I was under the impression, but can't remember where I read this - so I could be wrong - that Libby was used for officers and non-officers when prisoners were still being exchanged.  However that changed after there was no longer prisoner exchanges.  Was that when Belle Isle came to be a prison for enlisted men?
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> Paula
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Alice J. Gayley
Pennsylvania in the Civil War
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