Tales from the thick of it

Andersonville. GA. operated from February 1864 to May 1865 as the Confederacy's largest war prison. Built for 10,000 prisoners, it became catastrophically overcrowded with over 32,000 men packed into 26 acres. Prisoners faced brutal conditions and nearly 13,000 soldiers died due to disease. The prison lacked even basic sanitation. After the war, commandant Henry Wirz was tried, convicted and hange