1. Civil War Prison Camps

2. The following is a picture of Andersonville Prison which was the most notorious Confederate operated during the Civil War. Nearly 1/3 of the POW held there died.

5. The following pictures are prisoners who survived Andersonville

8. Henry Wirz
After the war Henry Wirz, commandant at Camp Sumter (AKA – Andersonville), was court-martialed on charges of conspiracy and murder, and put on trial. A number of former prisoners testified on conditions at Andersonville, many accusing Wirz of specific acts of cruelty. Wirz was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death. On November 10, 1865, he was hanged. Wirz was the only Confederate official to be tried and convicted of war crimes resulting from the Civil War.

10. Tightening the noose

11. Floor drops