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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.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoAndersonville, Georgia.
It was scandalously overcrowded, and the Union prisoners were so badly starved that they formed murderous gangs and slaughtered each other.
It was one of the shocking effects of Grant's policy of ending prisoner exchange. But he knew that the Confederates were running out of recruits, and that their battle-lines would eventually break. It seemed to be the only way.
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∙ 14y ago
Andersonville. It was officially known as Camp Sumpter by the Confederates. It was located in southern Georgia and is now the site of the Prisoner of War Museum.
The Union had several prisoner camps that had high death rates due to diseases among the camps: Rock Island.
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∙ 13y agoArguably, Andersonville is considered to be the worst.
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∙ 13y agoThe worst Confederate prison camp would have to be Andersonville.
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Who was the crying confederate soldier in the good bad and ugly?
who was the crying confederate prisoner when tucco was getting a beaten in the prison camp
What was camp chase in the civil war?
During the Civil War, Camp Chase was a military staging, training and prison camp in Columbus, Ohio. Today, the site is a Confederate cemetery containing 2,260 graves.
Anderson in southern Georgia was a natorius confederate what during the civil war?
Andersonville was a notorious Prison camp for POW"s captured during the war.
Who was the commander of the andersonville confederate war camp?
Wirz - the only Confederate hanged for war-crimes.
Is there fire camp at tehachapi state prison?
Not currently. The Cummings Valley Fire Camp at the prison in Tehachapi closed in the early 1990's.
What was the famous civil war 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.
What was the name of the Confederate prison in Georgia with poor conditions?
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!
Camp Douglas prison camp?
Camp Douglas, Chicago, was a Union prison camp for Confederate captives during the American civil war.
Where is a extremely overcrowded prison in a confederate camp?
in Richmond
What was the worst prison camp in the south during the civil war?
Andersonville
Who was the crying confederate soldier in the good bad and ugly?
who was the crying confederate prisoner when tucco was getting a beaten in the prison camp
Where was the worst prison camp in the south located?
Andersonville - scandalously overcrowded, horrific.
Was Andersonville was a Union Civil War prison camp?
Andersonville Prison was a confederate prison that was notorious for its cruelty towards union prisoners. I believe it was located in Richmond, VA.
What confederate camp was a prison very overcrowded in?
Andersonville was an atrocity. Its commandant was convicted of war crimes after the war.
What was the worst Japanese prison camps for the Germans in world war 2?
Japanese never had prison camp's for Germans since they were allies, but if u mean to ask prison camp similar to Germans, then it would be Japan's unit 731. Not a prison camp par se, but more of a human expt center.
What was camp chase in the civil war?
During the Civil War, Camp Chase was a military staging, training and prison camp in Columbus, Ohio. Today, the site is a Confederate cemetery containing 2,260 graves.
What happened in Andersville Georgia during the American civil war?
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.
