Rock Island, loccated just outside Chicago, IL, suffered a higher Death Rate during one winter due to an epidemic. Fifteen hundred men died from exposure to the cold during the first 6 months of the camp. The Southerners were as unaccustomed to the climate and conditions of the North as the Yankees were unaccustomed to the hot, humid climate of the South.
After Grant ended prisoner-exchange in April 1864, there was a serious danger of starvation and death. At the scandalously over-crowded Andersonville camp in Georgia, Union captives were reduced to murder and cannibalism.
Andersonville, Georgia
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.
13,000 Union Soldiers died of disease and malnutrition at the Confederate prison in Andersonville, Georgia
The most notorious one was Andersonville, near Columbus, Georgia. Union prisoners were reduced to gang-murder, starvation and even cannibalism. Conditions were so bad that the commandant (Wirz) was hanged after the armistice, even though the Union had promised no hangings for war-crimes.
Andersonville
The most infamous southern Prisoner Of War camp during the American Civil War was Andersonville. Located in Georgia, it was known for its harsh conditions, overcrowding, and high mortality rate. Thousands of Union soldiers died due to malnutrition, disease, and exposure while imprisoned at Andersonville.
Andersonville
Andersonville Prison was a confederate prison that was notorious for its cruelty towards union prisoners. I believe it was located in Richmond, VA.
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.
Andersonville
Andersonville
After Grant ended prisoner-exchange in April 1864, there was a serious danger of starvation and death. At the scandalously over-crowded Andersonville camp in Georgia, Union captives were reduced to murder and cannibalism.
Andersonville, Georgia
Andersonville
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.
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.