- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Andersonville Prison
- Date of Original:
- 1860/1869
- 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
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Andersonville, 32.19599, -84.13991
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- An illustration of Andersonville prison bears the caption, "Let us forgive. But not forget." Andersonville had the highest mortality rate of any Civil War prison. Nearly 13,000 of the 45,000 men who entered the stockade died there, chiefly of malnutrition.
Image of an illustration depicting Andersonville prison. The drawing shows a large area of tents inhabited by Union prisoners of war. Many soldiers are depicted in the image. Two tall trees rise behind the camp. It bears the caption, "Let us forgive. But not forget."
In February 1864, during the Civil War (1861-65), a Confederate prison was established in Sumter 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. Andersonville had the highest mortality rate of any Civil War prison. Nearly 13,000 of the 45,000 men who entered the stockade died there, chiefly of malnutrition. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/andersonville-prison/m-1597/
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- Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
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- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/andersonville-prison
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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