Civil War Prison Camps
It was 1864 when Horatio Kirkland Foote was taken to a prison camp. Horatio was taken to Andersonville which is located in south-west Georgia where within the 14 months that the prison was open over 45,000 other people were taken as well. Andersonville was the largest prison camp out of more than 150 recorded camps between both sides. When Horatio was at Andersonville, the conditions were vile along with all prison camps of the Civil War. If you were in one of the prisons you could expect to be deprived of clothing, nutrition, and stable living conditions. It is said that Horatio ''bunked'' (they were got actually given rooms or romates but Horatio shared blankets so they would stay warm better) with three others. As was said earlier living conditions were unstable Horatio and his three ''roommates'' were using few blankets to make a haven for the duration that they were together. Later Horatio was sent on a train from Andersonville to Charleston which is located in South Carolina. When they first arrived he was so debilitated that he was barley able to stand on his own due to an illness he acquired on the train. Fortunately unlike many others, Horatio was able to fight off the illness and become as virile as a person could get in a place of such conditions. He became equipped with better clothes and a blanket to keep warm from a boy who gave them to Horatio just before he passed away.
The following affirmation was based on notes from friends of Horatio. When Horatio once again became afflicted he was taken to the infirmary. Once there he was taken care of, yet absolved before he was fully rejuvenated. Horatio was sent back to the prison where he died due to starvation and the bad accommodations of t...
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...ent compared to the years it held a prison camp. It no longer has thousands of people working behind it's gates. Nor does it have guards surrounding the area. Today it has long rows of graves. A remembrance of all the lives lost.
This picture is of the cemetery today.
This picture was a replica of what the graves looked like just after Andersonville closed.
http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_NHD07T2.asp
(Primary Source Letters)
http://socyberty.com/history/prison-life-of-the-civil-war/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0701_030701_civilwarprisons.html
Works Cited
http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_NHD07T2.asp
(Primary Source Letters)
http://socyberty.com/history/prison-life-of-the-civil-war/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0701_030701_civilwarprisons.html
The Confederacy established Andersonville, that most infamous of Civil War prisons, in late February, 1864. It built a stockade in west central Georgia to accommodate approximately 10,000 prisoners of war. As the fighting moved ever deeper into the South in the last year of the war, the expanded stockade at one point held nearly 33,000 Union soldiers. The termination by the North of the prisoner of war exchanges which had existed previously and the continually depleting resources of the Confederacy left these prisoners stranded in miserable conditions.
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This is known as pathos and is apparent in this photograph. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a very powerful place and this is why so many visitors come to visit each year. They want to come pay their respects to the soldiers fighting overseas as well as those that have been killed in action. Especially those who are unknown and whose family will never see again. This photograph also contains ethos as it comes from a credible source. This image was found on the website of the U.S. Army. The Army is a trustworthy source and by this it just makes this picture more important and
...he allegiances for power that lead to death. Horatio is the only victor, for he did not plot, and remains alive to tell this tragedy to others.
When Hamlet sends a letter to Horatio, Horatio does not question what Hamlet’s letter that is sent. Instead, Horatio tells the sailors to lead him to Hamlet and follows without hesitation (4.6.31-33). Even when Hamlet belittles and disrespects Horatio, he is still faithful to Hamlet. After Hamlet belittles Horatio he commands him to, “Observe [his] uncle (3.2.85).” Horatio accepts and if Claudius, “...steal aught the whilst this play is playing And ‘scape (detecting), [he] will pay the theft (3.2.93-95).” Horatio is faithful towards Hamlet even in Hamlet’s death. When Hamlet is taking his final breaths, he trusts Horatio to tell the story of his death. Even after his death, Horatio agrees to tell Hamlet’s tale. When Fortinbras marches in Horatio clears Hamlet’s name and makes sure to tell the full story of what has taken place (5.2.414-428).