Andersonville May 2026

: After the war, the camp's commandant, Captain Henry Wirz, was tried and executed for war crimes.

Located in Georgia, Andersonville was the most notorious Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War. Andersonville

: Designed for 10,000 men, it eventually held over 45,000 in a space of roughly 27 acres. Conditions were inhumane; nearly 13,000 Union soldiers died there from malnutrition, exposure, and disease like scurvy and dysentery. : After the war, the camp's commandant, Captain