During the Civil War, the capture of Large amounts of Prisoners became a common practice, and an exchange system developed. A prisoner could be exchanged for an enemy soldier, depending on his rank , and as a result, about 200,000 soldiers on both sides were freed. However, this exchange system stopped in 1864 when General Grant refused to trade any more captives in an attempt to wear down the South by attrition.This policy greatly affected the Confederacy. Prison conditions had been relatively good, but they quickly worsened. Almost any building was hastily converted into a prison, and camps quickly became overcrowded. Prison camps also suffered from food shortages, inadequate medical care, and lack of shelter. One of the Confederate 's
Andersonville was built in April of 1864 . The Confederacy made Andersonville to hold captured Union soldiers because of better security and more supplied food. Andersonville is known as the South’s largest confederate military prison . The prison , after 14 months , had confined 45,000 soldiers with 400 more coming each day. Out of those 45,000 soldiers , 13,000 died from disease , poor living conditions , starvation , overcrowding , or exposure to harsh weather conditions.
This was a common source of disease and other health problems. Once people died, corpses were left lying around all day until someone finally took them from the camp(Ransom). Along with these problems prisoners had to deal with fellow prisoners who looted and stole. Some prisoners died because they lost their food, clothing or other possessions. These terrible conditions killed thousands of
During the Great Depression, the prison would harbor homeless people during the great depression. When Yuma was flooded, the local residents used materials from the prison to help rebuild the buildings. The taking of building material to aid Yuma, led to the downfall of the prison. Yuma Union High School used the prison for four years because the high schools building burned down. The Prison was used by the county hospital from 1914 to 1923.
Most suffered from PTSD for the rest of their lives, along with other permanent mental and physical damage. After returning home, the Union soldiers told stories of the hardships they endured at the Andersonville Prison. Northerners and Southerners alike were appalled after finding out what was really going on in Southern prison camps. Demanding someone be blamed for these horrors, government officials asked those involved, and the answer was most often the same: nearly 150 former prisoners, guards, civilians, and medical staff testified that Wirz was to be blamed, as he had violated the laws of war by not only withholding available food and supplies, but also by issuing orders that resulted in the death of Union prisoners of war. Henry Wirz was charged with all of the deaths that occurred at the Andersonville prison.
The conditions were often described and unhealthy, unsanitary, and overcrowded. Inmates were often left naked and physically abused and left in horror. The inhumane conditions usually lead to inmates death, attempted suicide or becoming physically and mentally ill.
The Hellhole of Andersonville Andersonville, or Camp Sumter, stands out as the worst of the prisoner-of-war camps on either side in the American Civil War. The pressures on the South during the American Civil War created an environment in Andersonville that resulted in a large number of deaths. Prisoners were decimated by disease, dehydration, starvation, overpopulation, and execution during the fourteen months of Andersonville’s existence. It was one of the largest camps during the Civil War holding 45,000 or more prisoners.
he told us “They feed us like we're animals” He was very shy when talking about this and he didn't have words for how bad it was... he told us “I was scared to go to these prison camps but I never imagined so much horror.” So we decided to ask someone else who may tell us more facts about the camp. So we asked William Smith a couple questions.
People were treated like machines and food was scarce. One school was turned into a concentration-camp-like prison and interrogation centre named S-21. S-21 was designed for detention, interrogation and inhumane torture, it included a torture chamber that was used if prisoners didn’t obey the rules. Some of the rules included “You must immediately answer my questions without wasting time to reflect” and “Do nothing, sit still and wait for my orders. If there is no order, keep quiet.
Kaitlyn Lehane May 22, 2017 Civil War Research Paper Impact of Civil War Hospitals and Medicine 76,000 men were treated during the 4 years of the Civil War in hospitals. Medicine was a critical part of the Civil War during the late 1800s. The Civil War was broken up into two separate sides of the United States, the Union which was the North and the Confederacy, which was the South. During the war, many people became wounded badly or killed. Medicine was a practice of the treatment for infection and disease.
Worse than Slavery, by David Oshinsky, is a novel about post-Civil War America, and the life it gave free African Americans in Mississippi and other parts of the South. Oshinsky writes about the strict laws and corrupt criminal justice system blacks faced after they were freed, and while the contents of the book are not typically read about in history textbooks, it is important to understand what life was like for the freedman. Anyone interested in reading his book would profit from it. With the end of the Civil War came the destruction of the old system of slavery. Many white Southerner’s were outraged, but were forced to accept the newly freed blacks.
Most prisoners of war were forced to work on the railroad. Around sixty-one thousand prisoner were transported to the railroad, and eighteen thousand were Dutch, thirteen thousand were Australians, and six-hundred and fifty Americans. They were told that they were going to a nice peaceful place to wait until the war ended. However, that was not the case. They were force to live in tiny bamboo huts, they got a pound of rice a day, and they had to survive what the jungle through at them.
Going through hard times can make people appreciate life more because they cherish the good moments they have. During the Civil War, our nation was divided. An abundance of men, from the north and south, were leaving their families behind to fight. Wives being left alone to support the family.
After finally winning the war, Lincoln 's way of punishing the south was only making them pledge amnesty to the U.S. and not letting higher ranking southerners participate in the government for a selected period of time. The South should not just be welcomed back into the country, they left and the proceeded to kill hundreds of thousands of our men when we tried to bring them back into the country they were born in. They committed treason and now our president just wants to let them off the hook? If they were willing to fight a war over fairness, aka state rights, then we should teat them as any other person who committed treason would be treated because that would be fair, they should understand their
What was life in prison like for an inmate in Yuma during the early years of The Yuma Territorial prison? Only a few can answer that question, but the territorial prison was not only a prison. It was what many people called “the hell hole” for many reasons. At the prison, weapons, gambling and fighting were prohibited and for those who did not follow the rules they were punished by being forced to wear the ball of chain or even got sent to what they called the dark cell. Dark cell was a room about 15 feet by 15 feet and contained a iron cage in which the prisoners would be locked.
If one person did something wrong or out of order the soldiers had harsh punishments waiting for them. Many people died from hunger, malnutrition and other diseases that were found in the camps (History.com). In the book The Boy in the Striped