Both the Union and the Confederacy treated prisoner very badly in prison camps. They were starved, lived in horribly unhealthy conditions, abused and killed. After the Civil War, the commander of one Southern prison camp was tried and hanged. No such penalties were applied to comanders of the Northern prsioner camps.
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Andersonville, Georgia
It was not uncommon for rogue commanders to have prisoners executed. This was true for both sides of the conflict.
In the civil war slaves were still slaves but still, they were with the enemy and were as such treated as the enemy.
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Prisoners have certain civil rights protected by the Constitution, including the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, the right to due process, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. However, these rights can be limited in certain circumstances to maintain order and security within the prison.
Andersonville, Georgia
Andersonville, Georgia
During the Civil War, some notable Union prison camps included Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois, and Elmira Prison in New York. Camp Douglas was known for housing Confederate soldiers, while Elmira gained a reputation for harsh conditions and high mortality rates due to inadequate shelter and food. Other camps included Fort Delaware in Delaware and Johnson's Island in Ohio, both of which also held Confederate prisoners. These camps reflected the challenges of wartime logistics and the complexities of handling captured soldiers.
Grant's ending of the system of prisoner exchange. This caused huge overcrowding in the prison-camps. At Andersonville, Georgia, Union prisoners were reduced to gang warfare, murder and even cannibalism.
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Disease, especially in the prison-camps.
One of the largest southern prison camps during the Civil War was Andersonville, located in Georgia. Officially known as Camp Sumter, it became notorious for its overcrowded and inhumane conditions, housing thousands of Union soldiers. The camp was operational from February 1864 until April 1865 and is remembered for the high mortality rate among its prisoners due to disease, malnutrition, and exposure.
Each other - in the last few weeks at Andersonville, when the Confederate troops and civilians were starving, and the prisoners were right at the bottom of the food chain. The prison-camps saw far worse atrocities than anything seen on a battlefield - gang murder and eventually cannibalism.
Most of the prisoners were eventually let go but about 6,500 prisoners died in Iowa Prsions and camps