Web8 nov. 2024 · Approximately 270,000 Union soldiers were held prisoner during the war, and 22,576, or just over 8 percent, died. More than half of the total Union POW deaths were at Andersonville. Of the 220,000 Confederates held prisoner during the war, in excess of 26,000 or nearly 12 percent died. Web17 mei 2024 · “Those Union prisoners recently released from Camp Sumter, at Andersonville, Ga., have made affidavit of the condition of the 35,000 prisoners confined there. The horrors of their imprisonment, …
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Web6 okt. 2024 · Dorence Atwater was one of the first arrivals at Andersonville and was tasked by his captors with recording a list of all prisoners who died at the camp. Diligent in his work, Atwater kept a second copy for himself, which he kept hidden from his captors, having rightly concluded from the prevailing conditions in the camp that the original would never … Web20 nov. 2024 · Through scattered research, the Union army discovered that 315 prisoners had managed to escape Andersonville, though all but 32 were eventually recaptured. They also found a list, handwritten by a … cscvf01652
Prisoners who died at Andersonville Prison : Atwater list
WebIt was a horrific place. The deadliest place, in fact, of the Civil War. Camp Sumter, or Andersonville as it has come to be called, housed 32,000 Union prisoners at its most crowded, and they died at an alarming rate. In August of 1864, 2,997 prisoners died at Andersonville. On one August day alone, 207 men breathed their last. WebRecords indicate the capture of 211,411 Union soldiers, with 16,668 paroled and 30,218 died in captivity; of Confederate soldiers, 462,684 were captured, 247,769 paroled and 25,976 died in captivity. Just over 12% of the captives in Northern prisons died, compared to 15.5% for Southern prisons. [1] Web28 jan. 2024 · The National Park Service (NPS) compiled a list (http://www.nps.gov/ande/historyculture/documenting_union_pows.htm) of 20,000 … cscu workshops