History Day - Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)

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Andersonville (Camp Sumter)

Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter) was a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp, located in Georgia.

The Connecticut State Library and the Museum of Connecticut History have a few diaries of people who were at Andersonville.

Dedication of the Monument at Andersonville, Georgia, October 23, 1907, In Memory of the Men of Connecticut Who Suffered in Southern Military Prisons, 1861-1865.
Call Number: Online and Conn Doc Ad44 de Item does not circulate

Publication Date: 1908

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Report of the Michigan Andersonville Monument Commission on Erection of Monument at Andersonville, Ga.
Call Number: Online and Stacks E612.A5 M53 1905

Publication Date: 1905

Online in Internet Archive
The Soldier's Story Of His Captivity At Andersonville, Belle Isle, And Other Rebel Prisons. With an appendix, containing the names of the Union soldiers who died at Andersonville
Call Number: Online and Stacks E611 .G67 1875 Item does not circulate

Publication Date: 1875

Online at HathiTrust
Andersonville A Story Of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months A Guest Of The So-Called Southern Confederacy : A Private Soldier's Experience In Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, And Florence
Call Number: Online and Stacks E612.A5 M4 1879 Item does not circulate

Publication Date: 1879

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Other Institutions - Andersonville

Andersonville National Historic Site Georgia (NPS)
National Park Service 9NPS): "The Deadliest Ground of the American Civil War
Nearly 13,000 men died on these grounds, a site that became infamous even before the Civil War ended. Their burial grounds became Andersonville National Cemetery, where veterans continue to be buried today. This place, where tens of thousands suffered captivity so others could be free, is also home to the National Prisoner of War Museum and serves as a memorial to all American prisoners of war."
History of the Andersonville Prison (NPS)
National Park Service (NPS): "Commonly known as Andersonville, the military prison facility was officially named Camp Sumter..."
Visit Historic Andersonville Georgia

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