Submitted by Webmaster Ann on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 16:18.
During the Civil War approximately 460,000 Confederate soldiers were taken prisoner by the North. The Confederacy claimed more than 210,000. Overcrowding, disease, starvation, and unimaginable cruelty were commonplace in Civil War Prisons. More than 25,000 Confederate soldiers died in prison during the Civil War. More than 30,000 Federal prisoners of war died in prison.
This is a note we got from a friend of ours who is in Wisconsin visiting. Thought it might be of interest to the group.THEA I'm still up here in Wisconsin.I went to the Confederate Cemetery today in Madison,WI.This is where a Yankee P.O.W.Camp was.It was called Camp Randall.In the Spring of 1862 a Regiment of the 1st Alabama was defending Island No.10 on the Mississippi River in Cairo,Illinois.They were trying to stop Yankee supply boats going South.The Yankees killed most of the Regiment before they could surrender.The survivors were transported to Camp Randall.They were wounded,sick and diseased.After a few weeks 140 of them died at Camp Randall.The ones they identified were buried in this cemetery.The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument at the cemetery. Camp Randall is now the site of the University of Wisconsin football stadium and athletic Dept....I took some pictures with a disposable camera.I hope they turn out.I'll bring them next time I see you. ...LarryTHEATHEA
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 12:41.
The Cemetery reported on by Thea is located in Forest Hill Cemetery, at the corner of Regent and Speedway Drive, not at Camp Randall (which is on the University Campus near the football Stadium). The Cemetery is perhaps a mile west of Camp Randall, down Regent Street.
The names of the soldiers buried there and their units is given on that site. (The seem to have been mainly from Alabama.) The photograph of the cemetery one finds here is evidently an old one. The plot is now swallowed up in a very large urban cemetery. But it is not hard to find.
I recommend reading the page on the transplanted southern lady who took care of the graves of these soldiers, Alice Waterman.
You are correct Webmaster Ann. 30,000 Union prisoners of war died as POW during the four years of war,,,,, and 12920 died here at Andersonville in just 14 months. That means 42% of ALL Union POWS who died in four years,,, died here in just over a year.
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During the Civil War approximately 460,000 Confederate soldiers were taken prisoner by the North. The Confederacy claimed more than 210,000. Overcrowding, disease, starvation, and unimaginable cruelty were commonplace in Civil War Prisons. More than 25,000 Confederate soldiers died in prison during the Civil War. More than 30,000 Federal prisoners of war died in prison.
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CAMP RANDALL Wisconsin (For Confederate POWS)
This is a note we got from a friend of ours who is in Wisconsin visiting. Thought it might be of interest to the group.THEA I'm still up here in Wisconsin.I went to the Confederate Cemetery today in Madison,WI.This is where a Yankee P.O.W.Camp was.It was called Camp Randall.In the Spring of 1862 a Regiment of the 1st Alabama was defending Island No.10 on the Mississippi River in Cairo,Illinois.They were trying to stop Yankee supply boats going South.The Yankees killed most of the Regiment before they could surrender.The survivors were transported to Camp Randall.They were wounded,sick and diseased.After a few weeks 140 of them died at Camp Randall.The ones they identified were buried in this cemetery.The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument at the cemetery. Camp Randall is now the site of the University of Wisconsin football stadium and athletic Dept....I took some pictures with a disposable camera.I hope they turn out.I'll bring them next time I see you. ...LarryTHEATHEA
'Confederate Rest' in Madison WI
The Cemetery reported on by Thea is located in Forest Hill Cemetery, at the corner of Regent and Speedway Drive, not at Camp Randall (which is on the University Campus near the football Stadium). The Cemetery is perhaps a mile west of Camp Randall, down Regent Street.
There is a site concerning this here:
http://www.geocities.com/ad4os/WI_DIV_SCV/Confederate_Rest/index.html
The names of the soldiers buried there and their units is given on that site. (The seem to have been mainly from Alabama.) The photograph of the cemetery one finds here is evidently an old one. The plot is now swallowed up in a very large urban cemetery. But it is not hard to find.
I recommend reading the page on the transplanted southern lady who took care of the graves of these soldiers, Alice Waterman.
DWS
Prisoners of War
You are correct Webmaster Ann. 30,000 Union prisoners of war died as POW during the four years of war,,,,, and 12920 died here at Andersonville in just 14 months. That means 42% of ALL Union POWS who died in four years,,, died here in just over a year.
Kevin
Andersonville Historian / NPS Volunteer
www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/
What was the percentage of
What was the percentage of guards that died at Andersonville? And also what was the percentage of prisoners that died?
Guards at Andersonville
There were roughly 4689 guards here and with 229 who died, I believe that is about 4.88% death rate.