Category: Camp Groce, Hempstead, Texas

Categories: Confederate American Civil War Camps for Union POWs | Hempstead, Texas

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History

Camp Groce (aka Camp Liendo)was originally an instruction camp for Confederate recruits. Beginning in 1863 it was used as a prison camp for Union soldiers who had been captured in the Battles of Galveston and Sabine Pass. At its height, Camp Groce housed approximately 1100 soldiers and sailors.

Sources:

• Brad Clampitt, "CAMP GROCE," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qcc17), accessed March 31, 2014. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Modified on November 29, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
• Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 104

American Civil War POW Camps

George Croce 1824 Kentucky, United States - 01 Nov 1864

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