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Andersonville Prison (1864–65)

On the American Civil War map as “Andersonville”

1864–65 — Nearly 13,000 Union prisoners die of starvation, exposure and disease in the open stockade of Camp Sumter — the deadliest ground of the war. A site of memory, not of battle.

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Type
Site of memory
Chapter
Overland and Atlanta campaigns (chapter 9 of American Civil War)
Atlas
The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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Map showing Andersonville Prison (1864–65), site of memory in The American Civil War, 1840–1877
SITE OF MEMORY · THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1840–1877

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