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Hubbardston man's great-grandfather's Camp Sumter experience
May. 29, 2016 at 1:29 PM
... The Camp Sumter Military Prison at Andersonville, Georgia, was one of the largest Confederate military prisons in use during the Civil War, housing a total of 45,000 Union soldiers during its mere 14 months in operation ... There was .. inadequate .. water and food, and .. a small stream .. was used both for drinking water and for human waste.
Almost 13,000 Union soldiers died at the prison. In 14 months ...
“The prison was only 16 1/2 acres in size” ...
James Herald, originally from Elmira, New York, ... spent 10 months at Andersonville ...
http://www.sentinel-standard.com/article/20160529/NEWS/160528851
