Andersonville

Andersonville

                       Andersonville was a Prisoner of War camp located in Andersonville, Georgia. The prisoners who lived there didn't have essential items such as  food,water, clothing and a secure shelter. Most people built their own shelter, called a shebang, out of bricks, cloth, mud, and other items found in nature.  The life of these prisoners was very hard. They had to take the clothing off of  the dead bodies to stay warm. Food was very hard to find along with items such as soap, which the prisoners did not even have available to them. Many guards would torture the prisoners by placing food right outside the dead line to taunt them because these people were starving to death.  Andersonville was a very cruel place and it created a ton of controversy because of the cruel torture the people were put through.  

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