1. Andersonville

2. Built in 1864
Confederate leaders wanted to move POWs away from Richmond
Site needed 3 things:
- Where prisoners could be
guarded by fewer men
- Where there would be less chance
of military raids to free them
- Where food was available

3. Town of Andersonville was 65 miles SW of Macon, GA
Was on a railroad line
Agricultural Area
Water available

4. Original Andersonville Plan
Planned to hold 10,000 men.
Had over 32,000 at one time.

5. Union Prison Camp at Andersonville, GA

6. Distributing “Rations”

7. Union “Survivors”

8. Union Prisoner’s Record at Andersonville

9. Burying Dead Union POWs

10. Prison was open 14 months
Over 45,000 prisoners were sent there
12,912 died
Captain Henry Wirz (commandant of the prison) was found guilty of war crimes and hanged after the war

11. Andersonville Cemetery

12. Elmira POW Camp New York Camp for Confederate prisoners
Held over 12,000; almost 3,000 died
Horrible conditions