Andersonville PrisonDylan Schuler

● Confederate Prison

● In Andersonville, Georgia

● Functioned early 1864 to end of war

(~14 months)

● Held up to 33,000 at one time

(August 1864)

o originally built for 10,000

Overview

● 1 water source, Sweetwater

Creek

● 8,000-13,000 (out of 45,000

held here) died from disease,

poor sanitation, malnutrition,

overcrowding, or exposure to

the elements

Conditions

● Dix-Hill Cartel

o Even exchange of prisoners for both sides

● The addition of Black soldiers to the Union Army resulted in the

breakdown of the prisoner exchange (July 30, 1863) because the

Confederacy refused to exchange black POWs, so the Union stopped the

prisoner exchange entirely

o Partially resumed winter 1864-1865 when Confederacy agreed to

exchange

Prisoner Exchange

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/warfare-and-logistics/warfare/andersonville.html

http://www.nps.gov/ande/historyculture/grant-and-the-prisoner-exchange.htm

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