November 7, 2019 in Gettysburg news, Research
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Of the 5369 Union soldiers that were reported “missing or captured” at the Battle of Gettysburg[1], most of the captured were processed through Libby Prison in Richmond and then Belle Island on the James River. At least 303 of them eventually found themselves at the notorious Andersonville Prison in Georgia. The Andersonville records are incomplete, […]
November 7, 2019 in Civil War News, Research
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The Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, Georgia, also known as Camp Sumter, was designed to hold a maximum of 10,000 Union prisoners. At its peak, it held more than three times that number under horrific conditions. During its 14 months of existence, Andersonville Prison held more than 45,000 Union soldiers, of whom 12,920 died, […]