Camp Douglas anyone?
Civil War atrocity:The Andersonville prison camp
Of the 45,000 Union soldiers who’d been held at Andersonville
Confederate prison during the American Civil War, 13,000 died. During
the worst months, 100 men died each day from malnutrition, exposure to
the elements, and communicable disease.
Restoring unity in America after the Civil War was never going to be
easy. Too many Americans felt they could never forgive wrongs committed
by the enemy during the conflict. Southerners could point to the
destruction wrought by General Sherman’s army on its destructive march
through Georgia and South Carolina. And Northerners could point to
Andersonville.
This Confederate prisoner-of-war camp, which opened 150 years ago
this week, was built in southeast Georgia to hold the Union prisoners
who could no longer fit into Virginia’s prison camps.
The winners write history.
Always plenty of atrocities to go around.
Some you don't hear about.
Funny that, huh?
I was checking out some sites a few months ago about POW camps on both sides. There was a lot more than I realized and all of them were fucked up.
ReplyDeleteYup there will always be animals even on the "good" side
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