https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/files/original/176/5227/AndersonvilleCampImage.jpg 9bb1faf50c5612227a8ebb6f3b3d328e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Civil War - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Andersonville in 1864, Andersonville National Historic Site, 1864. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource U.S. National Park Service Subject The topic of the resource Andersonville POW camp US history Civil war Description An account of the resource Nazareth Allen, of Bibb County, Georgia, was one of the several Andersonville guards who spoke during the trial of Henry Wirz in fall 1865. Allen testified, "I was on duty at the stockade as a sentry. I had the means of observing the condition of the camp inside the stockade; I could see it from the stoop where I was. Some few had shelters made out of their blankets or such as they had built themselves with pine tops which they had carried in. There was no other shelter that I saw. Some had holes dug in the ground and sticks put up and pine tops hung around them... I remember that one sick man one night made a great lamentation. He was on the ground. It was not muddy. I did not see him receive any attention. He was calling for his mother; he seemed to be out of his mind. He died." Allen also described the experiences of the guards. The stench of Andersonville affected him greatly. He continued, "I have smelt it when I was at our picket camp. By the way we went round the camp was about a mile and a half away... We soldiers preferred doing picket duty to sentry duty. The stench was so bad that it kept me sick pretty nearly all the time I was around the stockade." One of the frequent myths of Andersonville is that the guards died at the same rate as the prisoners. The claim arose in the late-nineteenth century as part of an effort to downplay the suffering of Union prisoners. Precise death rates aren't known but the death rate for guards was between 5%-10%, while the prisoner death rate was 29%. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available U.S. National park services Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andersonville_in_1864,_Andersonville_National_Historic_Site,_1864._(0b6d8a9dd2a94cdcba04f6c2113db9bd).jpg Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wikimedia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08-01-1864 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Scanned Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0b6d8a9dd2a94cdcba04f6c2113db9bd Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National parks services Accession # 0b6d8a9dd2a94cdcba04f6c2113db9bd source: NPGallery Contacts: Organization: Andersonville National Historic Site Address: 496 Cemetery Road, Andersonville, GA 31711 NPS Unite code: ANDE Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 1860's U.S. civil war era Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain