Andersonville Prison
Andersonville Prison
Andersonville prison opened on Feb.
24, 1864. It was the ideal prison.
It's located in Sumpter County,
Georgia. The prison was originally
called Camp Sumpter. At first it was
16.5 acres then expanded to 26
acres. It was 1010' long and 780'
wide, constructed of pine logs with
thickness of a foot. A small creek
ran through the middle, it was the
only source of water.
The prison caused many things like:
misery, suffering, and death. It …
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…a medical degree. He was a
captain. He worked at other prisons
before taking command of
Andersonville in April, 1865. He
became a major at the end of the
war. He was took into custody by the
Union in Nov. . On Nov. 10 1865 he
was hanged in the Old Prison in
Wash. DC for various war crimes,
such as: murders of Union soldiers.
It is now a national cemetery and it
became a national historic site in
1970.
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