The Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia preserves the historical Andersonville Prison, a Confederate POW camp from 1864 to 1865. Commanded by Captain Henry Wirz, the overcrowded prison faced severe shortages, leading to the deaths of nearly 13,000 of the 45,000 Union prisoners due to scurvy and dysentery.
John H. Wilson, born in 1846 in Ireland, became a Union soldier at 16, serving in the 122nd Ohio Infantry. Captured at the Battle of the Wilderness, he endured ten months in the notorious Andersonville Prison. After the war, he became a minister, public speaker, and community leader before dying in 1909.
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Andersonville National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) The Graves of 3 of the 4 Tullamore Men Who Died in
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The site is adding information about 37 soldiers from Tullamore who fought in the US Civil War, including five imprisoned at Andersonville Prison. This prison, notorious for brutal conditions, saw 13,000 deaths. The project, aided by Damian Shiels, will now include profiles of Offaly soldiers detained there.
