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A surviving prisoner from Andersonville prison camp, America's own concentration camp, 1865-1867 Andersonville or also known as Sumter's camp, was a confederate run concentration camp during the American Civil war for Union soldiers. It was in operation for the last 14 months of the civil war. Andersonville held approximately 45,000 and 13,000 of those would die as a result of their internment in Andersonville. Andersonville had several problems which led to high death rates. It is easier to compile them into a list. I will also provide a map of Andersonville so that you can see these features more easily. Here they are: 1. The water supply was heavily contaminated. Andersonville had one very small river flowing through it, in which confederate soldiers would dump faeces and urine upstream so it would spread disease in the camp. 2. Diseases such as scurvy, diarrhoea and dysentery were very common. Parasites such as hookworm were common too. Many prisoners died from disea...