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The Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Andersonville, Georgia, preserves the former Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter), a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War.
The Andersonville Raiders were a prison gang of Union POWs incarcerated at the Confederate Andersonville Prison during the American Civil War.Led by their chieftains – Charles Curtis, John Sarsfield, Patrick Delaney, Teri Sullivan (aka "WR Rickson", according to other sources), William Collins, and Alvin T. Munn – these soldiers terrorized their fellow POWs, stealing their possessions and ...
Henry Wirz (born Hartmann Heinrich Wirz; November 25, 1823 – November 10, 1865) was a Swiss-American convicted war criminal who served as a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War. [1]
To relieve some of the conditions at Andersonville, a larger prison was constructed in the summer of 1864 near the Lawton Depot in the town of Millen, Georgia. Around 10,000 prisoners were moved to Camp Lawton between October and late November 1864. It is currently a state park, Magnolia Springs. Confederate Belle Isle: Richmond, Virginia ...
Captured by Confederates, he served time in Andersonville prison in Georgia. Somehow, he survived and walked home to Kentucky. Walking takes many forms. Consider this quick survey:
Andersonville is a 1996 American television film directed by John Frankenheimer about a group of Union soldiers during the American Civil War who are captured by the Confederates and sent to an infamous Confederate prison camp. The film is loosely based on the diary of John Ransom, a Union soldier imprisoned there.
Andersonville Prison, Confederate prisoner of war camp in Georgia holding Union soldiers Andersonville, Chicago , a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois Andersonville Commercial Historic District , an historic district in Chicago
The prison was infested with ants and cockroaches, toilets were frequently clogged and children reported finding bugs in their meager portions of food. “From day one, it was hell,” said Jerry Blanton, a former monitor with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, who was then tasked with inspecting Thompson Academy.