Published May 6, 2026

Encyclopedia Virginia Managing Editor Patti Miller and Travis Shaw of the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area discuss the Revolutionary War prisoner-of-war camp that gave Barracks Road its name and served as home to thousands of British and Hessian POWs and their families following the Battle of Saratoga. Co-sponsored by the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.

This conversation was recorded on May 6, 2026.

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