• The Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Andersonville, Georgia, preserves the former Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter)...
  • The prison’s official name was Camp Sumter and it was located near Andersonville, Georgia. It opened in February 1864 and ran for fourteen months.
  • Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Andersonville Prison Photographs.
  • After becoming the supply center for the prison, Andersonville was also the location for the office of Captain Henry Wirz, keeper of Andersonville Prison.
  • The Camp Sumter military prison at Andersonville, Georgia was one of the largest Confederate military prisons during the Civil War.
  • Andersonville Prison is considered, by many, to be one of the most popular haunted places in Georgia.
  • Learn about life inside the Confederacy's Andersonville Prison in Georgia, one of history's most unforgiving prisoner of war camps.
  • Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Officially named Camp Sumter, the notorious Anderson-ville Prison was one of the largest prison camps during the American...
  • As discussed previously, there was a booming prison economy inside Andersonville. Especially after the influx of a huge crop of prisoners in April 1864 that...
  • Andersonville, Georgia. ... Andersonville prison ceased to exist when the War ended in April 1865. Some former prisoners remained in Federal service, but most...
  • During the Civil War, both sides had terrible prison camps, but one particular Georgia camp has become synonymous with inhumane treatment.
  • Andersonville Prison in southern Georgia was the most notorious prisoner of war camp of the Civil War. Nearly 13,000 prisoners died within its walls.
  • A Prison Near Andersonville, Georgia. ... Though designed to house only 10,000 prisoners, by June 1864 over 26,000 men were confined at Andersonville.