March 25th, 2013 
javal Peter Kohler demonstrates Civil War weaponry to Camp Ford attendees on Saturday. (Victor Texcucano)
Part of the darkest chapter in American history was remembered and reenacted in Tyler on Saturday at Camp Ford.
During the Civil War, in which nearly 700,000 American lives were lost, Camp Ford served first as a training camp established in 1862, then later as a prisoner-of-war camp in mid-1863, according to the historical marker that sits atop Camp Ford Historic Park.
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