04 February 2009

Andersonville prisoner


More info here.

The Union equivalent - Camp Douglas - was similar, using reduced food rations "to control the prison population and reduce escape attempt numbers."

I'll defer discussion today. Just storing this for future reference.

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2009 at 8:55 AM

    wow...amazing that somebody could live long enough to get to that state. Sad that he had to.

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