History of Andersonville prison /

History of Andersonville prison / Ovid L. Futch.

In February 1864, five hundred Union prisoners of war arrived at the Confederate stockade at Anderson Station, Georgia. Andersonville, as it was later known, would become legendary for its brutality and mistreatment, with the highest mortality rate--over 30 percent--of any Civil War prison. Fourteen...

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Main Author: Futch, Ovid L., 1925-1967 (Author)
Corporate Author: Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Gainesville] : University of Florida Press, 1968.
Subjects:
Andersonville Prison > History.
Prisoners of war > Abuse of > Georgia > Andersonville > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Atrocities.

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