Andersonville and Civil War Prisoners

Prisoner of war camps during the Civil War were often more dangerous than the battlefield. Watch to learn more about the system of prisoner exchanges and how circumstances deteriorated as the war dragged on. Andersonville is particularly noted, as many Minnesota soldiers spent time there.

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  • @rpryce2140
    @rpryce21406 жыл бұрын

    First, nicely done. Good images, and tells the story quite well. I recognize that this is only a short video, and that every aspect of the story can't be told. I also recognize that the prisoner exchange issue was, and remains, complex. But part of the story which led to the cancellation of the exchange, which you do not mention, is race. The South's refusal to recognize black soldiers as soldiers, and send them into slavery instead of treating them as prisoners, was part of the reason for the cancellation. Again, I realize this was not the only, or even the primary, reason for the cancellation. But it *was* part of the reason for the exponential increase in prisoners being held. I raise this because an ancestor of mine was being held in Andersonville at the time of the cancellation. He managed to get out and return home (in pretty lousy condition), but he would not have suffered anywhere near as much as he did if the exchange had been allowed to continue even a couple more weeks. Thanks.

  • @brianfuller757
    @brianfuller757 Жыл бұрын

    Prison camps were generally bad but some were terrible..

  • @GnomeChomsky9999
    @GnomeChomsky999910 жыл бұрын

    Killers of the prisoners at Andersonville?

  • @cosmicx_tea9281
    @cosmicx_tea92814 жыл бұрын

    Gg

  • @injesusoutreach
    @injesusoutreach2 жыл бұрын

    Jesus loves you and Jesus saves