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For Union POWs, hope amid despair in Andersonville

The prisoner of war camp at Andersonville, Ga., has always been notorious. Close to 13,000 Union men died there from starvation and illness, a catastrophe retold many times in books and movies. But now the historic site at Andersonville is trying to highlight a different side of the story. [read the full story here]

Washington Post, Friday, September 13, 2013
Tags: Prison Conditions & Corruption, Georgia
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