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feb 27, 1864 - Camp Andersonville opens

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In Georgia, Camp Sumter Prison opens, the camp will be later known as Andersonville Prison Camp. Conditions in the camp were bad, it was overcrowded and had a high death rate among its inmates. Approximately 45,000 Union prisoners died in Andersonville camp

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feb 27, 1864
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~ 161 years ago