Throughout the weekend, American History tv is featuring Corpus Christi texas. Our staff recently traveled there to learn more about its rich history. Learn more about Corpus Christie and other stops at cspan. Org local content. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. During the war for independence american revolutionaries had more than 13,000 prisoners, many in the tension camps the lancaster, pennsylvania. Next, ken miller, author of works during the war for independence. He talks about the tensions and problems caused by the prison camps. Not only were the british and hessian prisoners to find defiant, they were often loyal. What i would like to do tonight is just tell you a story , a story about a particular revolutionary community, the community of lancaster pennsylvania, a large predominately german speaking town in the atlantic interior. As it turns out, lancaster offers an especially fascinating case study. Early american historians have an ex