Andersonville Prison Andersonville prison opened on Feb. 24, 1864. It was the ideal prison. It's located in Sumpter County, Georgia. The prison was originally called Camp Sumpter. At first it was 16.5 acres then expanded to 26 acres. It was 1010' long and 780' wide, constructed of pine logs with thickness of a foot. A small creek ran through the middle, it was the only source of water. The prison caused many things like: misery, suffering, and death. It …showed first 75 words of 218 total…

…showed last 75 words of 218 total…a medical degree. He was a captain. He worked at other prisons before taking command of Andersonville in April, 1865. He became a major at the end of the war. He was took into custody by the Union in Nov. . On Nov. 10 1865 he was hanged in the Old Prison in Wash. DC for various war crimes, such as: murders of Union soldiers. It is now a national cemetery and it became a national historic site in 1970.