Confederate prison camp operated from 1863 to 1865; it housed 6,000 POWs and is said to be the largest Confederate prison camp west of the Mississippi. It is now the site of a historical park.
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- Texas Beyond History: Camp Ford Information on the camp's history and archaeological research, a timeline and pictures from the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Life in a Texas Prison Pen: The 48th Ohio at Camp Ford Prisoners' accounts of their experiences, maps and pictures of the camp, and a list of prisoners from the 48th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry.
- Camp Ford Historical Association Camp history and information about the independent group's plans to build a historical center across from the Camp Ford site.
- All Things Historical: Camp Ford, Union Prisoner of War Camp in East Texas. Newspaper column by Archie McDonald of the East Texas Historical Society.
- Handbook of Texas: Camp Ford Brief history of the camp with bibliography.
- The American Civil War: Camp Ford Prisoner of War Camp History of the camp.