John McCain’s Ancestry and Civil War POWs in 1862 | Finding Your Roots

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Classroom Material
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Civil War POW prisoner of war union confederate John McCain cavalry prisoner war Muster Role torture isolation military prison camp history finding your roots henry louis gates jr.
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History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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John McCain’s Ancestry and Civil War POWs in 1862 | Finding Your Roots

In this lesson, students learn about the experiences Civil War prisoners of war (POWs). More than 400,000 soldiers were captured over the course of the Civil War. John McCain’s great-great-grandfather, William Alexander McCain, was one of these POWs.
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PBS Learning Media

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