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"Five hundred men moved silently toward the gates that would shut out life and hope for most of them forever." --From John McElroy, prisoner within the Andersonville Prison.

John McElroy, This Was Andersonville, Ray Meredith, ed. (New York: Fairfax Press, 1979)

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"We are now beginning to feel to some extent the vengeance of the Government of the United States.They have stopped our rations of sugar, coffee, and candles. We get nothing but bread and meat with a few beans."  --Confederate prisoner R. F. Webb, written in his diary while held in a Northern camp.

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Elmira Prison in New York, with a death rate of 25%, that is nearly equal that of Andersonville.

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Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter in Georgia)-Known to be most horrific one. In the 14 months of its existence, 45,000 prisoners were received , and of these nearly 13,000 died.

Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. It was also known as the “Andersonville of the North." One prisoner in seven died, for a total of 4,200 deaths by 1865.

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Although precise figures may never be known, an estimated 56,000 men perished in Civil War prisons, a casualty rate far greater than any battle during the war's bloody tenure.

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There were over 150 prison camps spread among the United States. Almost each one was packed to capacity with no space to spare.

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McElroy, John “Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp.” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/11andersonville/11andersonville.htm.

https://www.civilwaracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Andersonville-Prison-August-17th-1864.jpg
“Camp Douglas Prisoners, 1864.”Http://Www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/Exhibits/Ahd/civilwar42.Html, Digital History, 2002.

"The 150th Anniversary of the Elmira Prison Camp,"  http://www.chemunghistory.com/campweb.jpg, Chemung History, 1997-2017.

https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/civil-war-casualties
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0701_030701_civilwarprisons.html, National Geographic,

Flavion, Gary. “Civil War Prison Camps.” Civil War Trust, Civil War Trust, 10 Apr. 2016, www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/civil-war-prison-camps.

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The American Civil War lasted from  Apr 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865