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In February 1864, 500 Union prisoners of battle attained the Confederate stockade at Anderson Place, Georgia. Andersonville, as it was later known, would become renowned because of its brutality and mistreatment, with the highest mortality rate--more than 30 percent--of any Civil Conflict prison. Fourteen a few months later 32,000 men were imprisoned there. Most of the prisoners experienced greatly because of poor company, meager resources, the national government's refusal to exchange prisoners, and the cruelty of men promoting a government involved in a losing battle for survival. Who was in charge of allowing a great deal squalor, mismanagement, and waste material at Andersonville? Searching for an answer, Ovid Futch reduces through charges and countercharges that contain made the camp a topic of bitter controversy. He examines diaries and firsthand accounts of prisoners, guards, and officers and both Confederate and authorities records (including the transcript of the trial of Capt. Henry Wirz, the alleged "fiend of Andersonville"). First posted in 1968, this groundbreaking volume has never eliminated out of print out.
