Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Group of Prisoners
Directions: Study the images below. When complete, answer the document analysis questions below. You can also use the document analysis worksheet to assist in further analyzing this document.
Photograph, Andersonville prison, GA. Group of Prisoners. ca. 1864-1864
(Source: Riddle, A.J.
(1864) Union Prisoners of War at Camp
Sumter, Andersonville, GA. Retrieved from: http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2012/03/seve.html.)
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Artist's rendition
(Source: Unknown. (ca.
1864-1865) Andersonville Prison, GA Group
of Prisoners. Retrieved from: http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2012/03/seve.html.)
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Document Analysis Questions:
What is your first thought when looking at the images?
What would you say is the state of the people in the images?
Would you consider these to be adequate conditions for prisoners of war? Why or why not?
What is your first thought when looking at the images?
What would you say is the state of the people in the images?
Would you consider these to be adequate conditions for prisoners of war? Why or why not?