The Andersonville Prison was located in Georgia, about 10 miles Northeast of Americus Georgia. There is a national historical park there.
No. Lincoln had said "Let 'em up easy", and the only man jailed for treason was the Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and the commandant of the Andersonville prison-camp was hanged for brutality.
Jefferson Davis was appointed by the Confederate Congress to be the president of the Confederate States of America in 1861. At first he was the provisional president. Soon after, the Confederate Congress elected Davis to a six year term that could not be renewed. The Confederate Constitution called for a one term of six years for any Confederate president.
his grant of amnesty to former Confederate soldiers
I can only think of one and that was Woodrow Wilson.Several other presidents went to school in states that were future Confederate state or had been confederate states when they lived there.
Hayes Prison Farm was created in 1937.
Andersonville
Alcatraz Prison
Andersonville Prison, Georgia
The prison was a horrible way to treat Confederate prisoners.
The Andersonville Confederate military prison is located on Cemetery Road in Andersonville, Georgia. The prison is now considered a national historical site, and is operated by the National Park Service.
there were over 500
in Richmond
Confederate Major Heinrich Hartmann Wirz (known as Henry Wirz).
Tacode A. Sada :D
The worst one was Andersonville, Georgia.
Andersonville - scandalously overcrowded.
Andersonville was the most notorious Confederate Prison for Union prisoners of war. They killed the most amount of people in the Civil War and it was the worst camp out of both the Union and Confederate sides. So you can lick my butthole!