Andersonville

Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp
Andersonville was a prisoner of war camp for the Confederacy. There were over 32,000 Union soldiers kept there and almost 16,000 died by the end of the war. The camp was designed to hold only 10,000 prisoners, so Andersonville was very crowded. There was a creek flowing through the middle of the camp, the upper part used for drinking and the lower part used for bathroom purposes. There being so many people backed up the end of the creek and it flooded the area by it. The camp was very dirty and prisoners had to live in whatever they could find. It was a very unsanitary place, and it was very unfortunate, because there should not be so many deaths.