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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.

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Prisoners of War

Submitted by Andersonville POW on Sun, 12/30/2007 - 16:33.

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/

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What was the percentage of

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 11:54.

What was the percentage of guards that died at Andersonville? And also what was the percentage of prisoners that died?

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