Unclean prisoners
died
diseases
Andersonville
holes
blankets
sewer
North
camps
hospitals
cannonballs
In the beginning of the war, the North and South exchanged
(1)
Later they set up prison
(2)
Prisoners were only allowed to keep
their (3)
and a cup or canteen. Wounded
soldiers got bread and soup to eat. Prisoners did not get much
at all.
was a prison in Georgia. It was
overcrowded, and the prisoners slept in (5)
they dug in the ground. The stream that served as their water
supply was also a (6)
Many prisoners died
of disease.
The (7)
had a prison in Elmira, New York.
It was cold there, and the prisoners had no blankets or warm
clothes. The hospital was in a flooded basement. Many
prisoners (8)
there, too.
(9)
were not much better than prisons.
Flying bullets and (10)
made the work
dangerous. The wounded were crowded together and drank
(11)
water. Many (12)
such as smallpox, dysentery, and typhoid, spread quickly and
many soldiers died of disease.