The Camp Sumter military prison at
Andersonville was one of the largest Confederate military prisons during the
Civil War. During the 14 months the prison existed, more than 45,000 Union
soldiers were confined here. Of these, almost 13,000 died here. Today,
Andersonville National Historic Site is a memorial to all American prisoners of
war throughout the nation's history.
This was sad, All these men were treated
worse than animals. I am sure the Union
Army was not much better. We were able to see examples of the pathetic “shelters” they tried to put up
to get out of the cold and heat and the long tunnels they tried to dig to get
out. Evidently the only water source was
a stream that ran from the Fed Guards and was used as a latrine prior to
running thru the prisoner’s camp. One of the Officers in charge was found
guilty of war crimes and was hung in D.C.
Many years later all of these crosses where installed with the Names of the Brave Men who died here.
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