What is the Andersonville National Historic Site?
Q: What is the Andersonville National Historic Site?
A: The Andersonville National Historic Site is the location of the American Civil War prisoner of war camp known as Camp Sumter (or Andersonville Prison).
Q: Where is the Andersonville National Historic Site located?
A: The Andersonville National Historic Site is in southwestern Macon County, near Andersonville, Georgia.
Q: What else is located at the Andersonville National Historic Site?
A: At the Andersonville National Historic Site, there is also the Andersonville National Cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum.
Q: How many Union Army prisoners died at Andersonville Prison?
A: 12,920 Union Army prisoners died at Andersonville Prison.
Q: What percentage of prisoners at Andersonville died?
A: Over one out of every four prisoners at Andersonville died.
Q: Who ran Andersonville during the Civil War?
A: Confederate Captain Henry Wirz ran Andersonville during the Civil War.
Q: What was Wirz's fate after the war?
A: After the war, Wirz was tried and found guilty of war crimes and executed.
