Andersonville Apr 2026

: Designed for 10,000 men, it eventually held over 45,000 in a space of roughly 27 acres. Conditions were inhumane; nearly 13,000 Union soldiers died there from malnutrition, exposure, and disease like scurvy and dysentery.

: A literal line was drawn inside the prison stockade. Any prisoner who touched or crossed it was immediately shot by guards. Andersonville

: After the war, the camp's commandant, Captain Henry Wirz, was tried and executed for war crimes. : Designed for 10,000 men, it eventually held