Andersonville, the largest and the deadliest POW camp for the Americans

he POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia was the largest prisoner of War camp for the American.s It was called Camp Sumter, and it was the deadliest POW camp for the Americans. In all, 12,913 of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners died there due to starvation, malnutrition, diarrhea, and disease. The condition at camp was so bad that over a hundred Confederate guard also die of malnutrition and disease while guarding the prisoners. Today, on the former site of Camp Sumter is a National POW Museum to honor American POW from all wars with an extensive collections from "Hanoi Hilton" and the Vietnam War, a cemetery for Union soldiers perished at the camp and the Camp Sumter itself. It is rather ironic that the largest and the deadliest POW camp for Americans is located on the American soil!