- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Union Prisoners, Andersonville
- Creator:
- Riddle, A. J.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Civil War Treasures, New-York Historical Society
- Date of Original:
- 1864
- Subject:
- Prisons--Georgia--Andersonville
Confederate States of America. Army--Prisons
Prisoners of war--Georgia--Andersonville
Military prisons--Georgia--Andersonville
Tents--Georgia--Andersonville
Andersonville Prison
Men--Georgia--Andersonville
Soldiers--Georgia--Andersonville
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Macon County, 32.35839, -84.04248
United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Andersonville, 32.19599, -84.13991 - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Union prisoners are seen crowding near the main gate of the Camp Sumter, or Andersonville, Civil War prison. The photograph was taken in August 1864 by A. J. Riddle.
Photograph of Union prisoners crowding near the main gate of the Camp Sumter, or Andersonville, Civil War prison in Macon County, Georgia. The photograph was taken in August 1864 by A. J. Riddle.
In February 1864, during the Civil War (1861-65), a Confederate prison was established in Macon County, in southwest Georgia, to provide relief for the large number of Union prisoners concentrated in and around Richmond, Virginia. The new camp, officially named Camp Sumter, quickly became known as Andersonville, after the railroad station in neighboring Sumter County beside which the camp was located. By the summer of 1864, the camp held the largest prison population of its time, with numbers that would have made it the fifth-largest city in the Confederacy. By the time it closed in early May 1865, those numbers, along with the sanitation, health, and mortality problems stemming from its overcrowding, had earned Andersonville a reputation as the most notorious of Confederate atrocities inflicted on Union troops. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/andersonville-prison/andersonville-prison_011/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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