gettysburg
They were names of prisons that held people during the Civil War.
horrible
Both sides believed the war would be short-lived so little attention was paid to prisons.
they were terrible
Andersonville was one of the Confederate military prisons during the Civil War. During the 14 months the prison existed, almost 13,000 Union prisoners of war died from disease, malnutrition, and exposure.
One of them was the Confederacy.
union + rebel
Hedwig Friederike Lesser has written: 'Civil War prisons' -- subject(s): History, Prisoners, Prisons, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
James, Edmund, Peter, George
The common names for them were "the Rebels", the "Rebs" and the "Johnny Rebs".
During the US Civil War, the mutual combatants' armies were named the Union Army and the Confederate States Army.
The names are The Civil War and The War of Northern Agression.