Andersonville also more commonly known as camp sumpter was located in Andersonville, Georgia. This camp held more prisoners than any other Confederate war camp at the time of the civil war. It was built in 1864 and it only existed for fourteen months. During those fourteen months it held more than 45,000 union soldiers. most of the soldiers died from poor sanitation and disease. The prison was surrounded by big tree logs that were about 17 feet tall so no one even thought about getting over them to get out. About fifteen feet in front of the logs was a fence that prevented people from getting to the logs and trying to climb out or dig holes underneath them. There were so many prisoners that the Confederate government couldn’t provide the prisoners
