Editing Florence, South Carolina (section)

===American Civil War===
During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the town was an important supply and railroad repair center for the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]], and the site of the [[Florence Stockade]], which held between 12,000<ref name=touring>{{cite book| first1=Clint| last1=Johnson| title=Touring the Carolinas' Civil War Sites| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDH9alTwl-8C&pg=PA102| access-date=28 April 2013| date=May 2011| publisher=John F. Blair| isbn=978-0-89587-475-7| page=102}}</ref> and 18,000 [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]].<ref name="DabneyCoker2006">{{cite book| first1=Eric| last1=Dabney| first2=Mike| last2=Coker |title=Historic South Carolina: An Illustrated History| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-_6PlxEruYC&pg=PA51| access-date=28 April 2013|date=31 January 2006| publisher=HPN Books| isbn=978-1-893619-52-4| page=51}}</ref> Over 2,800 prisoners died of disease and were buried there.<ref name=touring/> The burial ground adjacent to the prison became the [[Florence National Cemetery]] after the war and now has expanded.