The Confederate Civil War prisoner camp in Andersonville, Georgia, was an utter nightmare for the many soldiers held within. It was dangerously overcrowded, rife with disease, and food and medical ...
Exchanging prisoners was common by the time France ... also became synonymous with misery. In the Civil War, the most notorious camp was near Andersonville, Ga., where an estimated 30 percent ...
After the Civil War, the South’s economy ... and to support new expenses such as universal public education. The prison problem was especially challenging, as most prisons had been destroyed ...
The developments mark the biggest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule since Syria’s civil war began in 2011. "We celebrate with the Syrian people the news of freeing our prisoners ...