Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville prison, housed 45,000 captured Union soldiers during the Civil War. Conditions at ...
Andersonville Prison was one of the most horrifying sites of the American Civil War. Designed for far fewer men, it held over 33,000 prisoners at its peak, with around 13,000 dying from disease, ...
Among the prominent Civil War veterans laid to rest in the Capital Region is Union soldier Thomas O'Dea. He survived the harrowing conditions of the Confederate prison Andersonville before coming to ...