Question

What are some characteristics that made the Civil War prisons so horrific

Answer 1

some scientist broke limbs off of twins and reatached them to see if they would still function
they froze people to see how long the could live in ice
they held babies under water
they starved 200,000 to death
the would keep babies form their mothers and ANY PHYSICAL CONATCT! and the longest is 8 days without a person touching the baby!
kill mothers because of age
23 year old women would weigh 68 lbs

Answer 2

Overpopulated

Answer 3

dont forget to medal

Answer 4

What are you talking about @Lo-Siento-Mi-Amor? None of that stuff in your first answer has anything to do with the American Civil War. And quit begging for medals.

Answer 5

Lolol
overcrowding and lack of food which led to malnutrition. They were also disease ridden and had very little access to proper medical care. Many prisoners were forced to sleep outside in inclement weather without proper clothing or blankets.

Answer 6

Andersonville was the worst Civil War prison. It was built to hold far fewer than the over 45,000 Union soldiers held there. Construction was not complete when the first soldiers were moved in. Disease was rampant and medical care almost non existant. There were open sewers and not enought food. The South was losing the war and it's economy was failing. 13,000 men died at Andersonville during the 14 months it was open.
The Confederacy had other, smaller prisons where conditions were a little better. Prisons in the North were slightly better than that.
Any American prison during the 1860s was a terrible place to be. And the fact that the whole country was involved in a war made it that much the worse.