From February 1864 until March 1865 during the Civil War, Andersonville, Georgia, served as the site of a notorious Confederate military prison. The prison at Andersonville, formally known as Camp Sumter, was the South's largest prison for captured Union soldiers and was infamous for its unhealthy conditions and high death rate. In all, In all, 12,913 of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners died at Andersonville of starvation, malnutrition, diarrhea, and disease. Following the war its commander, Captain Henry Wirz, was tried and convicted for war crimes. He was executed by hanging on November 10, 1865, in Washington, D.C.
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