Investigation Duration: 8 Hours
Investigation Team
Shelley, Christine, Sharon, Michelle, Jean, Tammy, Carol, Donnie, Brian F., Heather, Leslee, Kim & Jesse
Equipment used
Brief History
Camp Sumter, commonly called Andersonville, was one of the largest
military prisons established by the Confederacy during the Civil War.
In existence for 14 months, over 45,000 Union soldiers were confined at
the prison. Of these, almost 13,000 died from disease, poor sanitation,
malnutrition, overcrowding, and exposure to the elements. The largest
number held in the 26½-acre stockade at any one time was more than
32,000, during August of 1864. Today the beauty of the prison site
belies the suffering that once took place inside the stockade.
