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 ...

Among them was a veteran held at a Confederate prison known as Andersonville ... In South Carolina, the remains of 21 Confederate soldiers recovered from forgotten graves beneath the stands ...

Many young soldiers enlisted as musicians -- drummers ... They endured the horrors of Andersonville, a Confederate prison in which thousands of Union men died of starvation and disease.

One soldier was a survivor of a notorious Confederate prison in Georgia known as Andersonville. Others had fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. Sign up for Chip Chick's newsletter and get stories ...