Comparing the Treatment of Prisoners of War in the Andersonville and the Rock Island Prison Camp during the Civil War

A. Survey Plan The rules of morality and war have been a hot topic of discussion for centuries. One aspect of the split war, in particular, is the treatment of captives. In this survey we compared the treatment of prisoners of war in the camps of Andersonville and Rock Island during the American Civil War. Andersonville and Rock Island are widely considered to be the most harsher prisons in Allied forces and allied forces. We check and compare the status of each camp using elements such as nutrition, arrangement of living, customs of camp leader, mortality rate and so on.

Andersonville officially known as Camp Sumter was the most notorious Confederate prison during the Civil War (Davis 350; Reeder 140). The camp was held for the first time in February 1864, near the village of Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia. Southern officials decided to build a new prison in southwest Georgia due to the lack of prisoners of war and food shortages within the premises of Richmond, Virginia (Turner 161, 162). - Impact of prisons on prisoners Prisons have existed in human society for millions of years. Some people do not comply with the laws of the village, town, city or country, they are punished by some form of institution and they are isolated from people. Long-term practice has been spotlighted by many different people and members of society.

From February 1864 until April 1865, the end of the American Civil War of Andersonville, Georgia (1861 - 1865) was the notorious Allied prison seat. Andersonville's prison officially known as Camp Sumter is the largest arrested Allied soldier's prison in the South and is known for its unhealthy situation and high mortality rate. A total of approximately 13,000 North Prisoners were murdered in Andersonville and Captain Henry Wilts (1823 - 65) was convicted for war crimes, convicted and executed after the war.

The most famous prison in the US military history, Andersonville Prison, or Sam Camp was the largest among several military prisons established during the Civil War, probably because it is officially known. In November 1963 the captain of the Navy was dispatched to assess the possibility of building a prison for captured prisoners in a small village in Andersonville, Georgia. It is close to the Southwest Railroad and rich freshwater and deep south places make Andersonville the ideal alliance prison. As a result, Andersonville was chosen as a prison seat and later became infamous of thousands of prisoners who died before the end of the war.