Union POWs Were Horrified by Conditions Inside Andersonville Prison

Описание: When Union soldiers were captured during the Civil War, many believed they’d be treated according to the rules of war — fed, sheltered, and eventually exchanged.
But when thousands were sent to a place deep in Georgia called Andersonville, they stepped into something far worse than a prison.

Overcrowded, starved, and abandoned, Andersonville became a living nightmare.
Built to hold 10,000 men, it soon held more than 33,000 — with no shelter, no sanitation, and almost no food.
Men drank from the same polluted creek where waste and disease flowed.
Each day brought new deaths, and by the war’s end, more than 13,000 Union soldiers would never leave its walls.

In this documentary, we uncover the full story of Camp Sumter — better known as Andersonville Prison:
how it was built, how it descended into chaos, and how it became a symbol of humanity’s failure in war.
From the Dead Line, to the Creek of Death, to the haunting trial of Captain Henry Wirz, this episode explores the suffering, survival, and silence that defined one of America’s darkest chapters.

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