Created in 1864 to hold captured Union soldiers, Andersonville prisoner of war camp is known for its inhumane conditions. Death by starvation, dysentery, scurvy or pure insanity is not uncommon. The boundary between misery and freedom is defined by the “dead line.” Trespassing across this line would mean death for any prisoner. Thanks in part to Civil War nurse Clara Barton, Andersonville becomes a National Cemetery symbolic of the suffering that one man can inflict on another during war.
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