It was Grant's ending of the system of prisoner-exchange in March 1864 that led to overcrowding in the camps.
Conditions in Andersonville, Georgia, got so bad that the Union prisoners were reduced to starvation, gang-murder and even cannibalism.
But Grant knew that the Confederates would run out of men first, and this led directly to Lee's surrender.
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Wartime affected white women in the north and south by forcing them to take responsibility for their homes and families. Many women were overseeing large plantations and trying to keep family farms running.
Wartime affected white women in the north and south by forcing them to take responsibility for their homes and families. Many women were overseeing large plantations and trying to keep family farms running.
the north & south found plenty of ways to raise money.
Buying weapons, this put the U.S. into a wartime economy.
Wartime shortages affected just about everyone including unions and volunteer organizations. Pay raises and striking were limited during the war and volunteers were expected to work many hours.
There are 33 state prisons in California.
The horrors of Andersonville were essentially incomparable with any other wartime prisons during the civil war. The war crimes committed in the prison were so severe that the warden was put to death for his brutality after the war.
no Florida has the most prisons
there are 49 prisons in Mi.
Nelson Mandela leave South Africa in the early 1960s because he was affected and transferred to three different prisons.
there are 49 prisons in Mi.