Camp Sumter Confederate Prison Site GHM 129-3 - Sumter County
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Thorny1
N 32° 11.737 W 084° 08.050
16S E 770166 N 3565720
Located on Ga 49 at Ga. 271 at turnoff to town of Andersonville across the street from the Prison and Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM4T97
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2008
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Camp Sumter Confederate Prison Site GHM 129-3
This was the site of the Confederacy`s largest prison camp. During the 14 months it existed in 1864-65, over 45,000 Union prisoners were confined here. Of thse 12,912 died from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, and exposure. Declining economic conditions, an inadequate transportation system, and the need to concentrate all available resources on its army, kept the Confederate government from providing adequate food, housing, clothing, or medical care for their prisoners. These conditions and the breakdown of the prisoner exchange system created much suffering and a high mortality rate.
GHM 129-3 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1988
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 129-3
Date: 1988
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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