The Andersonville Confederate military prison is located on Cemetery Road in Andersonville, Georgia. The prison is now considered a national historical site, and is operated by the National Park Service.
Andersonville was a Confederate Army Prison. The Confederates lost the war, and the staff at Andersonville was hanged.
* Andersonville - Andersonville, Georgia * Belle Isle - Richmond, Virginia * Blackshear Prison - Blackshear, Georgia [19] * Cahaba Prison (Castle Morgan) - Selma, Alabama * Camp Ford - near Tyler, Texas [20] * Castle Pinckney - Charleston, South Carolina * Castle Sorghum - Columbia, South Carolina * Castle Thunder - Richmond, Virginia * Danville Prison - Danville, Virginia * Florence Stockade - Florence, South Carolina * Fort Pulaski - Savannah, Georgia * Gratiot Street Prison - St Louis, Missouri * Libby Prison - Richmond, Virginia * Salisbury Prison - Salisbury, North Carolina (according to Wikipedia.com)
Andersonville
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.
Andersonville, Georgia was the location of the Southern prison-camp that accommodated Union troops in the last year of the war (after Grant ended the system of prisoner exchange). It was notorious for overcrowding and starvation. At its peak, this POW camp had 30,000 prisoners. The fact is, there were prison camps in the North for Confederate prisoners nearly as bad as Andersonville, but since the North won the war this part of history is seldom written about. After the US Civil War,only one Confederate was executed for war crimes. This was the prison camp commander Henry Wirz.
Andersonville Prison, Georgia
Andersonville
Andersonville Prison was a confederate prison that was notorious for its cruelty towards union prisoners. I believe it was located in Richmond, VA.
13,000 Union Soldiers died of disease and malnutrition at the Confederate prison in Andersonville, Georgia
The Andersonville Prison was located in Georgia, about 10 miles Northeast of Americus Georgia. There is a national historical park there.
Andersonville, in Georgia.. However, there were northern prisons nearly as bad.
The prison was a horrible way to treat Confederate prisoners.
The worst one was Andersonville, Georgia.
Andersonville - scandalously overcrowded.
Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, was the confederate prison located in Georgia that had horrible living conditions. It was known for its overcrowding, lack of shelter, poor sanitation, and inadequate food supply, leading to high mortality rates among the prisoners held there during the American Civil War.
Andersonville, Georgia
Andersonville, Georgia