Andersonville, Georgia
Andersonville, Georgia
Andersonville, Georgia.
Two of the worst Civil War prison camps were Andersonville in Georgia and Elmira in New York. Andersonville was notorious for its overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and lack of food, leading to the deaths of nearly 13,000 Union soldiers. Elmira, on the other hand, faced extreme weather conditions, inadequate shelter, and poor rations, resulting in a high mortality rate among Confederate prisoners. Both camps became symbols of the brutal realities of war and the suffering endured by soldiers on both sides.
Andersonville was the most notorious Confederate Prison for Union prisoners of war. They killed the most amount of people in the Civil War and it was the worst camp out of both the Union and Confederate sides. So you can lick my butthole!
The worst one was Andersonville, Georgia.
Andersonville Prison
Camp Sumpter at Andersonville, Georgia was reputed to be the worst Confederate States run prison and Camp Rathbun at Elmira, New York the worst run by The United States. Both had similar overall death rates although Camp Rathbun exceeded Camp Sumpter in some months.
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Antietem was the worst day for casualties for over 23,000 union and confederate troops died.
Possibly the POW Camp in Bataan, as that was one of the first POW camps for the allies, and one of the first experiences for Japanese forces on the handling of Prisoners of War.
It is necessary to answer this question in a manner that is open to debate as it is all based on conjecture but the likely answer would be the prison conditions in Andersonville prison.
The scandalously overcrowded camp at Andersonville in Georgia. The starvation was so bad that the Union prisoners formed rival gangs and there was murder and cannibalism. The commandant of the camp was the only Confederate hanged after the war, not counting the Surratt gang who plotted Lincoln's assassination.