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Near the town of Andersonville in southwest Georgia It was a horrible Civil War Prison Camp there was open-air stockade, enclosed by 20 foot-high log walls, grew to 26 acres, but remained horribly overcrowded and conditions became more and more intolerable. Running in the middle of the camp was a stagnant, befouled stream, absurdly named Sweet Water Branch, used as a sewer as well as for drinking and bathing. There were no barracks; prisoners were forbidden to construct shelters, and while some did erect tents and flimsy lean-tos, most were left fully exposed to the elements. Medical treatment was virtually nonexistent. Sounds like HELL! Nearly 13000 died there.......

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In the last year of the war, after Grant had ended the system of prisoner exchange, Andersonville prison-camp in Georgia became notorious for overcrowding. Since the guards themselves were on half-rations by that time, there wasn't going to be much food for the prisoners. This led to gang warfare, murder and even cannibalism.

The prison governor who allowed this (Wirz) was the only Confederate hanged for war crimes.

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Camp Sumter, the notorious Confederate military prison was located at Andersonville. Georgia.

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Civil war prison camp for Union troops. It was so bad that they lived in holes in the ground and starved to death. More than 45,000 Union soldiers were kept there and 13000 died.

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It is located near Andersonville, Georgia.

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Andersonville is located in Georgia. It is known was the located in the prison at Fort Sumter, which was one of the largest and toughest prisons in the Civil War.

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Georgia

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