The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

Nearly 13,000 soldiers died at this Civil War site. Andersonville National Historic Site is preserving their memory.

The notorious Andersonville Prison, the largest and deadliest of the Confederacy’s prisoner-of-war camps during the Civil War, operated for only 14 months. But by the time the open-air camp shut down ...

Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville prison, housed 45,000 captured Union soldiers during the Civil War. Conditions at Andersonville were so horrific that 13,000 soldiers perished, many from ...

The proposed memorial highway would run through tribal lands in Leelanau County, where descendants of Company K soldiers ...

If you’re looking for a light beach read, you’d better pass on “Andersonville.” It’s a horrific story about a sad chapter in the nation’s history: the Civil War. Andersonville ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th ... Among them was a veteran held at a Confederate prison known as Andersonville. Several were wounded in combat and ...

Remains of Nearly 30 Civil War Veterans Found in a Funeral ... Among them was a veteran held at a Confederate prison known as Andersonville. Several were wounded in combat and others fought ...

Andersonville’s death rate was about 29% ... Jessica Biel discover the fate of an ancestor who tried escaping a Civil War-era prison in Illinois, according to the university's news release.

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th ... Among them was a veteran held at a Confederate prison known as Andersonville. Several were wounded in combat and ...