confederacy

During the Civil War, few places have become more infamous than Andersonville, the Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia. Built in 1864 to hold roughly 10,000 Union prisoners, it eventually confined more than 40,000 men. Nearly 13,000 died there, primarily from disease, malnutrition, overcrowding and exposure. Inside the stockade ran a simple rail several yards from… Continue reading

Personally for me, one of the most interesting periods of American history is the Civil War (1861-1865) and its aftermath. Recently I wondered, what exactly happened to the former Confederate leaders after the Confederacy was defeated by the Union? Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) who became President after Lincoln’s assassination, favored a remarkably lenient approach toward the… Continue reading