This Day in History – February 27, 1864

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"dead-line" at Andersonville,

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Andersonville Prison,

bird's-eye view of Andersonville,

Camp Sumter,

Captain Henry Wirz,

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Clara Barton and the Missing Soldiers Office context,

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Dix-Hill Cartel breakdown,

Dorence Atwater,

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impact of the Union blockade on supplies,

Libby Prison and Belle Isle,

malnutrition and scurvy in warfare,

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mortality rates in POW camps,

National Prisoner of War Museum,

overcrowding and disease in Civil War prisons,

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