- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Union Prisoners, Andersonville
- Publisher:
- Andersonville Prison photographs, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA
- Date of Original:
- 1864-08-17
- Subject:
- Prisons--Georgia--Andersonville
Confederate States of America. Army--Prisons
Prisoners of war--Georgia--Andersonville
Military prisons--Georgia--Andersonville
Tents--Georgia--Andersonville
Confederate States of America
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:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This southwest view of the Camp Sumter, or Andersonville, stockade shows Union prisoners of war. By the summer of 1864, the Civil War prison held the largest prison population of its time.
This southwest view of the Camp Sumter, or Andersonville, stockade, in southwest Georgia, shows Union prisoners of war. Men stand near wooden walls. The prison holds hundreds of tents.
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. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/andersonville-prison/m-6003/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries - Original Collection:
- Andersonville Prison photographs, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/andersonville-prison
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Andersonville Prison Photographs - Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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