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Andersonville Prison
Andersonville Prison A prisoner-of-war camp used by the
CONFEDERACY during the
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. Notorious for the high death rate among its inmates, it had been established in 1864 and suffered from shortage of food, clothing, and medical supplies in the war-stricken South. By the time of its capture by Union (Northern) forces, nearly half the prisoners had died from disease, and as a result of the ensuing outcry the ex-commandant, Captain Henry Wirz, was tried and executed for murder. Subsequent investigation revealed the catastrophe to have been the product less of deliberate barbarity than of the collapse of the Confederate military machine.
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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THE VIOLENT AGONY OF `ANDERSONVILLE'.(TV Dial)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 3/3/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...great Civil War historian, sums up Andersonville, the notorious Confederate prison, thusly: ``Andersonville had a record which even today cannot...Carter, a man of humanity and peace. Andersonville was a crude, open-air stockade...
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Civil War prisons were terrible, but Andersonville was in a class by itself.(Commentary)(Editorials)(Letters)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/23/1996; 700+ words
; ...March 16 letter, "While we hear of Andersonville, we don't learn of Northern horrors...the suffering of Union prisoners at Andersonville, Ga. Although this equation is held...rival individual cases of suffering at Andersonville, an objective look at overall conditions...
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Andersonville: The Last Depot.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...reason for the establishment of the Andersonville Prison. The Confederate secretary...Southwestern Railroad line near the Andersonville depot in Georgia. Using slave labor...assumed command of the interior of Andersonville Prison in March 1864. A major theme...
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 "Herald-News (Joliet, IL)")
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JOLIET'S `LIMBER JIM' HELPED STOP HORROR OF ANDERSONVILLE
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 3/16/2000; 700+ words
; ...in the Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, Ga. The 16.5 acres there surrounded...the rate of more than 100 a day in Andersonville. But the very worst part of life for POWs inside Andersonville came from their own men. A gang...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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`ANDERSONVILLE' EXHIBIT TO OPEN AT ARMORY.(PREVIEW)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/29/1996; 683 words
; ...Television showing of the film, ``Andersonville,'' the New York State Military Heritage...exhibit of artifacts and relics from Andersonville prison on Saturday from 10 a.m...film on the making of the movie, ``Andersonville,'' accompanies the exhibit and will...
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 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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Blacks in Andersonville; Labored in prison by building walls, digging graves for troops dying daily.(PLUGGED IN - NATIONAL SECURITY)(AMERICA AT WAR)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC); 11/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...incarceration of U.S. Colored Troops at Andersonville Prison in Georgia. U.S. Colored...infamous Camp Sumter, better known as Andersonville Prison, in Georgia. Two white officers...in Macon, Ga., but were sent to Andersonville instead because they commanded U...
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Andersonville.
Magazine article from: Multichannel News; 1/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...courtroom drama I ever loved was The Andersonville Trial, the 1970 Public Broadcasting...commandant of the Confederate Army's Andersonville prison, where 13,000 Union soldiers...for war crimes during the Civil War. Andersonville, the newest made-for-cable picture...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Andersonville may put reins on retail chains.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 10/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...Briggs Oct. 10--For years, the Andersonville neighborhood on Chicago's Far North...found that for every $100 spent at an Andersonville business, $68 remains in Chicago...unnecessarily restrict property rights. Andersonville is not chain-free. It has a Starbucks...
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Andersonville, Georgia Southwestern Hosts POW/MIA Events in Collaboration with Rolling Thunder, Sept 19-22.
PR Newswire; 9/12/2007; 700+ words
; ANDERSONVILLE, Ga., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire...are sponsored by a collaboration of Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia Southwestern...from various veterans groups, from Andersonville to the convocation site in Americus...
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Andersonville National Historic Site, Rolling Thunder Chapters from 11 States, Georgia Southwestern State University to Honor Nation's POWs/MIAs, Sept. 17-20, 2008
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 8/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...or Fred Boyles, superintendent, Andersonville National Historic Site, The National...931-2037, ssnyder@gsw.edu ANDERSONVILLE, Ga., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire...with the National Park Service's Andersonville National Historic Site and Georgia...
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Andersonville Prison
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
ANDERSONVILLE PRISON ANDERSONVILLE PRISON, established in February 1864 in Andersonville, Georgia, became a symbol of Southern brutality toward Northern prisoners of war. The breakdown of a military prisoner exchange system in the summer of...
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Prisoner at Andersonville (1864, by John Ransom)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
PRISONER AT ANDERSONVILLE (1864, by John Ransom) Amicable...within their borders. Georgia's Andersonville prison featured particularly horrible...depression afflicted those interned at Andersonville. Despite abundant wood in the surrounding...
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Andersonville
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Andersonville village (1990 pop. 277), SW Ga., near Americus; inc. 1881. In Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter...soldiers died. Its location is part of Andersonville National Historic Site (495 acres/200...
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Henry Wirz Trial: 1865
Book article from: Great American Trials
...a prison camp for Union captives at Andersonville, Georgia. Henry Wirz's trial was...escaped from a Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, Georgia, where thousands more like...still captive. When Union troops took Andersonville, they found these reports were true...
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Frankenheimer, John
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...for a Miniseries or a Special, for Andersonville, 1996; Emmy Award for Outstanding...Season (for TV) (+ co-pr) 1996 Andersonville (for TV) (+ co-exec pr); The...By FRANKENHEIMER: book— Andersonville: The Complete Original Screenplay...
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