- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Camp Sumter Confederate Prison Site historical marker
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Sumter County
Confederate States of America. Army--Prisons--Georgia--Andersonville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Andersonville, 32.19599, -84.13991
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 49 at the Ga. 271/Ga. 228 turnoffs to the town of Andersonville
Text of marker: "CAMP SUMTER CONFEDERATE PRISON SITE. This was the site of the Confederacy's largest prison camp. During the 14 months it existed in 1864-65, over 45,000 Union prisoners were confined here. Of thse 12,912 died from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, and exposure. Declining economic conditions, an inadequate transportation system, and the need to concentrate all available resources on its army, kept the Confederate government from providing adequate food, housing, clothing, or medical care for their prisoners. These conditions and the breakdown of the prisoner exchange system created much suffering and a high mortality rate. 129-3 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1988" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_camp-sumter-confederate-prison-site
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_camp-sumter-confederate-prison-site
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
