My great great grandfather, David Jones, was one of 6 prisoners who escaped Andersonville. I have his discharge paper and it shows his prisoner of war bonus, plus I have obituary stating his escape from andersonville.
@floridaboy6931
4 жыл бұрын
@@MW-fs7vi sounds crazy doesn't it. I live in Jacksonville. Do you know where they came to
@oreopuppydawg1564
4 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@bobbymccown295
4 жыл бұрын
My 4th great uncle was Robert Edward Lee the Southern general. A lot lives werevtook to soon to many war crimes but they are now getting punished for rest of time
@cwb0051
4 жыл бұрын
Thats Awesome!..Treasure Them!
@sonnydelight5737
4 жыл бұрын
I'm 60 years old and my great great grandfather wasn't born till 1870. You people must be ancient.
@timepoet77
4 жыл бұрын
In 1995 I watched a very brutal TV miniseries about Andersonville, and seeing that turned my stomach. Your approach makes the story more humane yet doesn't sugar-coat the harsh realities of what happened. Thank you, Jerry.
@PatriotPopps77
4 жыл бұрын
My brothers wife, her father is buried at Andersonville..when he passed we all went there for his service..the experience was unlike anything I have ever been too..the history of the place and the museum is fascinating..the cemetery was impeccable and quite literally full of history..
@retiredguyadventures6211
4 жыл бұрын
My 2nd great uncle, Samuel Copenhaver, died there. I have visited Andersonville and found my uncle's grave.
@brianbcpryor112
3 жыл бұрын
#👊💥🏦POWERFUL:))
@MomentsInTrading
3 жыл бұрын
That’s incredible!
@pauln4473
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing the You must be proud
@MrMoonpie001
7 жыл бұрын
Jerry Just a sidebar note. I took my son to Andersonville many years ago, is direct line GGGGrandfather was among a group of men (12) whom upon the closing of the prison were too ill to come along and stayed on in the camp hospital. I assume he may have been the only one to survive. Once well enough to travel he came back to Ohio, married and had 10 children all while being totally disabled. Quite a story within a story. Thank you for all you do! Rich
@trinityregard634
Жыл бұрын
This was a miscarriage of any kind of justice. Totally a vengeful murder They should have never even imprisoned this patriot.
@kirbycoe4293
2 жыл бұрын
My great-great-grandfather, Charles McCurdy, was a POW at Andersonville. He managed to escape and survive in the wilderness. Later became a Federal Marshall in the old west.
@Claud74able
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the report. I read the book “Andersonville” So very hard to read. My Great Grandfather W.W. Howell was in this prison. When he came out he was very sick but he lived to marry and have 4 of the most gracious and fine people who ever lived. One of them was my grandmother.
@danamartin5938
3 жыл бұрын
My great-great-grandfather, William Joseph Deckleman, escaped Andersonville Prison, too! He used clothing that was left for that purpose by wonderful black women who worked as cleaning women in the prison. They left the clothing, and my great-great-grandfather used it to escape. He lived to get married, and had 5 children, and later died in New York, in 1905.
@danamartin5938
3 жыл бұрын
I wanted to correct, or add that the cleaning women at the prison were slave labor.
@greensombrero3641
3 жыл бұрын
Is the book worth the read? I would like to check it out
@richardmckenzie4128
3 жыл бұрын
@@greensombrero3641 I read that book back in 1972 - definately worth the read
@isallah1kafir196
3 жыл бұрын
@@danamartin5938 *Thanks and these Slaves knew that the Union was fighting for *their freedom* . From my visits in the late 1980 to 1992 in the US, I could experience how segregated the US population was on Sundays during the Football season. Religious folks went to segregated Churches, I lived in the "Bible-Belt) and had some friends who tried to do some *interfaith work* they took me a couple of times to black Churches, in most of those we visited, we where the only whites in attendance. Several hours later when the NFL-Games came on, people of both colors were rooting for the same team which had black and white players. I watched one Season during which the Chicago Bears won the Super-Bowl, IIRC. Sport could bridge the division, while religion couldn't. Oh yeah there were some Mega-Churches, with a mixed congregation,but I think this was rather the exception...
@jessefincher
5 жыл бұрын
Been here many times over years. This place never ceases to amaze me. Rest In Peace 🙏🏻
@haynes1776
4 жыл бұрын
I remember going to Andersonville many times and just being on the prison's grounds just chills my blood. It was hell on earth.
@danbremer7010
5 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite video on KZitem. It’s my “go to” video. And Jerry’s voice soothes my anxiety. All of his videos are full of learning and he does it well.
@davidhunt6463
4 жыл бұрын
Dear Mr Skinner, I have watched quite a few of your biographies and always come away knowing a lot more than when I started. You have a lovely, laid back way of communicating to your audience which makes it easy to absorb and riveting to watch. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into these videos. All the best from Britain, Dave.
@JerrySkinner1943
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you David, give my best to your family for the Christmas season. Jerry
@doniellestenson5231
7 жыл бұрын
my great great grandfather was in Andersonville. He kept a diary. In it he maintained that the guards did their best to care for the prisoners, despite the terrible conditions .
@gaylelemmons2968
2 жыл бұрын
L I’m
@vivianparson2212
5 жыл бұрын
I lived in Columbus Georgia for a time and my family went to Andersonville. It is a beautiful peaceful place, but you can almost feel the horrors that happened there. God bless the spirits of all that died there.
@waynesigmon5628
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the southern soldiers died in Northern prison camp just went to point that out they died by the thousands up there to war is Hell on both sides
@Ls1fastguy
4 жыл бұрын
Wayne Sigmon more southern deflection. Andersonville was the worst thing that either side did to one another in this war. Either accept that or just dont care since it happened over 170 years. Just stop defending it and deflecting to something you want to pretend the north did that was supposedly worse.
@patriciamiddleton635
3 жыл бұрын
Mans inhumanity to man!
@TheStuport
7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful history lesson of America. Thank you as always Jerry Skinner for taking the time to share your treasures with your ever growing Fan Club....Salute!
@ericgamble9153
4 жыл бұрын
Two of my great grandfather’s brothers were here. Only one returned home after the war. The other did not survive. It was said that the one who did survive would never talk about his experiences, and he eventually disappeared into the Appalachian wilderness & was never heard from again.
@candycee8634
3 жыл бұрын
I have 2 cousins who were part of a Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War that were captured, taken to and died at Andersonville Prison just one week apart and are buried there. I want to make the trip to confirm this. Thank you for your video.
@brianwills8689
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this concise and informative documentary .
@wildestcowboy2668
2 жыл бұрын
Not exactly accurate
@michaelbaughman9420
5 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather was a union drummer boy and a prisoner at Andersonville. Hiram Baughman. Being a teenager, he turned down two releases to let men with families go home. They carried him out on his third release. My father has all the history off his service and all medals and awards. His was with an infantry out of Ohio. My Dad is buried beside him in Kansas. I can’t imagine what it was like spending ones teenage years in such a war much less a prisoner at Andersonville. One of his duties as a drummer boy was to retrieve the fallen soldiers from the battlefields. I would hate to imagine what the man saw when he closed his eyes at night. RIP Hiram Baughman and his grandson Ralph.
@recycled3654
5 жыл бұрын
My great,great,great grandfather too, was a prisoner at Andersonville. He did escape and return to his unit to go back into the battle. He was also wounded and received a pension from the US government of $1.32 if I remember right. It took him 6 months of night travel and scavenging to get back to friendly lines. I also had a ancestor who was a corporal in an Ohio cavalry who witnessed the hanging of Col. Wirz . I also have other relatives who fought against the Union in the same battles and were probably not aware they were fighting against family.
@michaelbaughman9420
5 жыл бұрын
Those men were tough beyond belief. The took it as it came and did what they had to do. Hard to even imagine. All war is brutal but that one was really tough. The weapons and ammo didn’t just go through you it tore off limbs. And the fact they lined up almost face to face is hard to believe. Hiram and his father had no idea what the other was doing. They happened to end up at the same place. Men and women alike were tough people. They had to be to survive even the best of days.
@michaelbaughman9420
5 жыл бұрын
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@patricialenaburg6553
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbaughman9420 This is a little off the beaten path, but I have a Grandmother born in the1800s buy the name Mariah, or Maria Baughman, married a Stevenson, I have been looking for info. on her for years. I believe she was born in Ohio. Is Baughman a German name? Sorry for if I bothered you, but you don't know unless you try. Thank you in advance.
@garybanglebangle7949
5 жыл бұрын
I have visit Andersonville several times. It is a quiet place now gives you a funny feeling on this land knowing what was in this ground. May GOD be with all of the people who have been here.
@quercus4730
4 жыл бұрын
Gary Bangle Bangle: Always got to be some god brought up after the fact. I guess god had 14 months off?
@quercus4730
4 жыл бұрын
@@JC-sj2pd Same old story and people are still believing in it. You do realize the bible is just a bunch of books written by believers and compiled into a "heap" of literature and bound as a book to be rewritten at least twice to be upgraded by the new era of believers. Soon the bible will evolve out of existence and good riddance.
@quercus4730
4 жыл бұрын
@XWriter100 Don't know what you are referring to.
@quercus4730
4 жыл бұрын
@@JC-sj2pd Yes and it is just as true today. When I take my last breath my life will end just like everyone else's. I have nothing against your personal belief but I do have a problem with religions pretending they matter to non-believers.
@legalladyklice3819
7 жыл бұрын
Jerry, as a small child I was raised on a small truck farm about the size of Andersonville. That is a very small space to confine so many prisoners. My stepfather was in the Air Force. In 1960 we were stationed in Italy, 15 years after WWII. We toured Europe for about a month. The most haunting place we visited was Dachau, a concentration camp in Germany. I was 13 years old. It left an indelible mark on my soul. I got the same feeling watching this video. I was born in the South but raised by "Uncle Sam." I didn't go to school with hundreds of kids. I went to school with thousands, all of diverse backgrounds, race, and religion. We were all military brats. In essence, we had no color, no diverse voice. I see things a little clearer. My sophomore year I went to four different high schools. That was 1963. November 22, 1963 we were on leave in Alabama. A pep rally was scheduled for that day as it was Friday. We got word Kennedy was shot. They held the pep rally. They played Dixie. All I could feel was shame.
@panthercreek60
Жыл бұрын
Shame for what?
@stellakowalski1
11 ай бұрын
@@panthercreek60they were celebrating President Kennedy’s assassination & death!
@MsDellis1
8 жыл бұрын
my Ancestor survived Andersonville. from the pictures I've seen it's a blessing anyone survived
@deankruger2612
7 жыл бұрын
@I SMELL SMOKE. my great grandfather was there to. I read in a book about how he was on a train and it derailed on the way there and something like 1/3 of the pow's died that were in his box car. he said he saw the hanging of the 6 guys that was doing the raiding. he had talked about the water stream that went through the camp and you really couldn't drink it. its been a long time Sense I read that. after seeing this video I think I am going to find that book and re-read it.
@daveturner860
7 жыл бұрын
You must be a very old guy today.
@jerrybuonfiglio419
6 жыл бұрын
No
@charliebrown9086
5 жыл бұрын
Dean Kruger What was the title of that book? I would like to read it.
@lyntwo
5 жыл бұрын
Mine did not. He was captured in a Confederate offensive in the Shenandoah Valley. He left behind a widow and children on a farm in upstate New York.
@arkadyrenko1864
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Mr. Skinner for posting this video narrative of Camp Sumter/Andersonville Prison. It’s very well done. Captain Henry Wirz was of Swiss heritage and spoke with a strong German accent. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1849, and was a Louisianan plantation overseer in May 1861 at the time of his volunteering for the Confederacy. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines and lost the use of his right arm. When he returned to the ranks for his bravery under fire he was promoted to Captain. He subsequently was sent by Jefferson Davis to deliver secret messages to Confederate Commissioners in France. When he returned he was posted to the Richmond office of the General in charge of all POW camps. After other assignments he was then sent to be the Camp Commander at Andersonville. He is commonly called Captain, but shortly before the war ended was promoted to Major. In the view of many his execution was a tragedy. Wm. T. Sherman has been vilified for his role in the “March to the Sea”. Notoriously short-tempered, and after having previously suffered several mental collapses, by 1864/1865 his only thought was to end the war as soon as it possibly could be. Grant, Sheridan, and many others thought the same and so they slogged on, no matter the cost. He didn’t divert any of his forces to free Union POW’s at Andersonville because doing so would’ve delayed the Atlantic Campaign that Grant ordered him to conduct. Right, wrong, or indifferent, it happened as it did, grinding forward to the inevitable collapse of the Confederacy. “War is Hell,” Sherman supposedly said. Indeed it is. The root cause of the American Civil War has been argued since Appomattox, and will continue to be until after all of us have long passed. For an excellent fictional rendering of Camp Sumter I highly recommend “Andersonville” authored by MacKinlay Kantor. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1956. FYI - please be aware that Kantor didn’t use quotes for dialogue. It’s somewhat hard to get used to but after a while you get the hang of it. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Andersonville Prison.
@JC-tv5zx
6 жыл бұрын
Arkady Renko thank you 4 these informations...as a Swiss there is only one thing I missed! Henry Wirz came originally from Bern...there are many dialects spoken in Switzerland, and French, Italiam and Romantsch too, so his accent was certainly a Swissgerman Berner accent! Grretings from tiny SwissConfederacy😉
@oldsouthautodetail9327
5 жыл бұрын
I live in Andersonville at the corner of Wirz St. You can see the Wirz monument downtown
@TheBlueBronco
5 жыл бұрын
Cliff Webb, you are ignorant.
@cliffwebb1621
5 жыл бұрын
Quite the opposite asshole.
@jshalffast
5 жыл бұрын
My great grandma was a Wirz, who's family roots are planted in Bern, Switzerland. The best we can tell, with the limited research my grandpa was able to do, Henry Wirz was probably a distant uncle. There are still a few Wirz scattered around these south-central Missouri hills & hollers.
@neilwilliams2409
6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting insight into Andersonville. Well done thanks for your time and effort in the great videos you upload on here.
@ghostcityshelton9378
5 жыл бұрын
My great ect. grandfather was named Peleg Tilson and he was courting a young lady and traded his strong Army boots for fancey dress shoes to impress his girl friend. His leave was cut short and he found himself captured in a cut down corn field because he couldn't run any more, his shoes and feet were cut. They put him in Anderson Prison and some how he lived through it or I wouldn't be here now. Great work again on your video. Thank you.
@marciamathis3414
8 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video, Jerry! You did a great job covering both sides of this tragic story. Thank you.
@fxst100able
2 жыл бұрын
My great, great grandfather Adam Mosher was held prisoner at Andersonville. Upon his release he stood six foot two and weighed 89 pounds. He was starved to the point where he never fully recovered from starvation. In his own words he said "I was unable to work a day in my life, after that." Adam Mosher had a wife and two children who he was unable to provide for. They lived in poverty in Syracuse NY and neither of his two boys received an education. My grandfather received a sixth grade education. My father got a high school education. And my brother and I were the first to get a collage education. You would think that the Civil War would be fully taught in our schools. I wonder why it is not.
@djsjrski
Жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather Joshua Hall fought 3 1/2 years in that terrible war. On the very first day of the siege of Atlanta he was shot and wounded and captured in July 1864 and sent to Andersonville where he died of starvation and no medical attention on September 1864. He left 4 children and a wife in Ohio one of which was my great Grandfather Josiah Hall. They were farmers and remained so and many of us still are to this day. His war records indicate a grave # in Andersonville, but it also says he might have been moved quickly to another prison in Georga as they ( Wirz and Company ) were trying to hide the atrocities that were committed to these Union men. I often wonder what he might have been thinking knowing he'll never see his family again while lying in the mud wounded and hungry in his own country. This could have been prevented but it wasn't and not wishing death upon anyone ever I do feel a bit of satisfaction knowing the man responsible for over 12k starvations and such cruelty to humanity was hung and the disturbing part of Wirz was that he wasn't even an American. May God bless us all!
@csaracho2009
Жыл бұрын
The Union fighting for slavery... gives a clue at why it is not taught at school.
@claudinetoler736
7 жыл бұрын
It is called, simply, "Andersonville." It is one of the best books you will ever read. I homeschooled my son in his high school years. We both read the book, then drove to Andersonville, Georgia. We walked the entire prison and found "Miracle Springs" which saved the lives of those dying of thirst (a thunderstorm arrived and a lightening bolt struck the ground and opened the springs.) After that, men with scurvy, malaria, and diarrea could not crawl to the trenches and fouled Miracle Springs. We saw the escape tunnels. Farmers, God bless them, would bring wagon loads of sweet potatoes because it was all they had to try to help the starving prisoners. The "warden" was a southern officer who had lost an arm thru a traumatic amputation...and, he blamed the yankees for the loss of his arm and the pain. This book is one every american should be required to read.
@arlanlandey5659
2 жыл бұрын
I read the book. Twice. Once in elementary school (5th grade) and once in high school. Very sobering
@arlanlandey5659
2 жыл бұрын
@@huns12345 “Andersonville”
@donvernon2966
5 жыл бұрын
I've just found your documentories and have been binge watching ever since😁thank you for your history lessons we know so little about.
@JerrySkinner1943
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Don. Jerry
@kennethguinn7520
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary. Wonderful storytelling and description. Looking forward to seeing more Civil War videos. A suggestion,if I may, the Atlanta Campaign. Thanks again.
@dianekennedy8602
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jerry. One of my grandparents lived in Georgia when I was a little girl, but I never saw Andersonville. I also want to thank you again for "The Tragic Life of Jefferson Davis". I did a "screen shot" of the Joseph Evan Davis photo for my family tree today. Very helpful -- none of my books have that photo. I've created a source citation for the photo crediting "The Tragic Life of Jefferson Davis", "On the Spot Productions" and you. Keep up the good work -- Diane.
@williamhelm6632
8 жыл бұрын
Andersonville has always held a fascination for me, since I seen the movie on it some 15 or 20 years ago as a special on TV. THANKS! WELL DONE
@channelsurfstuff
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I have a direct ancestor that died at this prison and wanted to see the place. Unfortunately I can no longer travel. Your video has given me more insight to the conditions than I probably wouldn't have gotten reading about it. And thanks to your video I've been there. Again thank you.
@traceygriffiths1526
7 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Thank you for sharing this...
@raymunchieftain4170
5 жыл бұрын
Thank You Mr. Skinner. One of your best.
@Charlotte-rb8kc
4 жыл бұрын
I live within one hour of Andersonville. It is a place of history that invokes great sadness but great reverence for the men who struggled and died within the walls that once were there. An amazing museum of the prison's history and reminder of the horrors of war and its' casualties.
@coloradostrong
3 жыл бұрын
! hour away. Good. We will need a place to stay for 8 days. We will look you up. Have good vodka on hand and plenty of it, for me and my 4 товарищи. спасибо
@nancydemoss8421
4 жыл бұрын
Have an ancestor, a great-great uncle, who was in Andersonville for the last month's of the war. He suffered from starvation but thankfully survived. God rest those many who did not.
@beatleman69
7 жыл бұрын
I live about an hour from Andersonville, Ga. They have a fair there in town of sorts, a lot of people dressed up as Union and Confederate soldiers, they even have an re-enactment of a civil war battle.
@gsp49
5 жыл бұрын
I live just a few minutes away. Back in the 60s none of the escape tunnels were filled in, and some were wells for water.
@cwb0051
4 жыл бұрын
Thats Awesome..
@RenniganEagle
4 жыл бұрын
Same here. I live in Woodstock, I've only been to Andersonville a couple times but it's an amazing experience
@davelister9755
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure they step on the real veterans graves all of the time.
@pissant5564
7 жыл бұрын
I love history of any kind,ty jerry,i've just subbed. Keep up the fantastic work.
@HerbWalker
9 жыл бұрын
Great story Jerry!! Love the old history stuff.........Thanks buddy- Herb
@nicolasartheau822
3 жыл бұрын
Un hommage d’une grande sobriété, un commentaire historique rigoureux et très précis. Merci.
@tanyastamant
5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for all your hard work.
@johnmahony5697
7 жыл бұрын
Sombre stuff. The truth can be more chilling than fiction. Thanks for the upload Mr Skinner.
@borneojimmy1431
7 жыл бұрын
I have read a bit about Andersonville & watched the mini series on TNT some years back, but not many of the facts presented here were mentioned. You really do a fantastic job in getting across some of the horrors that these men had to live with & do it in a manner that's informative & also respectful to those who lost their lives in the prison. Very well done sir, thank you.
@jhutch063
6 жыл бұрын
This was really exciting to watch , ive been to Andersonville and what’s left of the place doesn’t do it no justice . Such a beautiful place
@patricialenaburg6553
3 жыл бұрын
Another walk through some of the ugliest times in history, and you nailed it once again. Great narration, and story Jerry God Bless. Still trying to catch up with your older videos.
@markwithers9468
7 жыл бұрын
another top shelf documentary .I always look forward to your work.thank you for the upload
@condor5635
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Jerry. Loved visualizing the prison based on your directions and descriptions. Great work. Thank you.
@aaronlechner9290
7 жыл бұрын
One of the worst fates of being a commander of a pow camp of the losing side - you're almost always doomed.
@frankmiller95
4 жыл бұрын
@Checkmate Chess Channel You are wrong, as is Jerry Skinner, who presents this fiction as fact. There is no evidence it ever happened. Since WWII, no soldier has been legally obligated to follow inhuman, or immoral orders. Henry Wirz's choices may have all been bad, but he did have a choice. His fate might have been same regardless, but he would at least have been remembered as a man who followed his conscience and did the right thing, rather than someone who facilitated the deaths of more than 13000, helpless, starving men.
@wezacker6482
4 жыл бұрын
@Checkmate Chess Channel "Should they have just let the prisoners go free?" A - If they could not humanely keep them in captivity as prisoners, absolutely YES they should have let them go. Wirz was NO hero.
@frankmiller95
4 жыл бұрын
@Checkmate Chess ChannelThanks for your thoughtful response. lf you're really interested in the depth and nuance of my opinion on this subject, read "The Andersonville Trial," written by my father. Avoid the TV version, available here. lt sucks, multiple Emmy awards notwithstanding. There's no question Wirz was in an impossible situation. He had no good options and was doomed whatever he did. Had he followed his conscience, been charged with treason by the Confederacy and been executed as a result, his death might at least have been for a good cause. As it is, he's remembered as the first person charged, convicted and executed under the now, so called "Nuremburg defense." l've considered this question all my adult life. Because of my background, l'd like to think l would have chosen the morally appropriate course of action.
@stephenlewis2975
4 жыл бұрын
Reason Why Andersonville got so bad because General Grant end Prisoner of war exchanged got so overcrowded and supplies been cut off
@alan30189
4 жыл бұрын
Checkmate Chess Channel - I would’ve just released those 2500 prisoners in Jacksonville. Certainly don’t bring them back to Andersonville.
@oreopuppydawg1564
4 жыл бұрын
You have the best documentary’s and should have a million subs!
@robertspecht1911
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your presentation and photos of this historic site. Love all you other history on places and on movie stars. I love history myself. Thank you!
@teajenni
7 жыл бұрын
Jerry Skinner... these uploads are little treasures... my felicitations xx
@katc2345
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent narrative on history and beautifully spoken. What a shame for all the men. It mustve been brutal.
@georgebudden523
5 жыл бұрын
Kat F cats
@wallaceraymond2211
5 жыл бұрын
BRUTAL? ABSOLUTELY. THE WORST OF THE WORST. BUT FOR THOSE UNION SOLDIERS THAT RAPED, BURNED, EVEN THE MOST HUMBLE OF HOMES IN SHERMANS MARCH TO THE SEA, HUNG BOYS OF 12 YEARS OF AGE AND OLD MEN WHO COULD NOT EVEN GET OUT OF BED I SAY HELL YES , THOSE BLUE BELLIES GOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY DESERVED. STARVING THEM WAS NOT THE FAULT OF THE CONFEDERACY ANY MORE THAN ANY REASON OF DEATH. THE PIECES OF YANKEE SHITTHAT DIED IN ANDERSONVILLE, ALL 13,000 DESERVED EVERY DEATH THAT VISITED THEM. 13,000 THAT IS A LOT OF BURIED BONES. THAT GROUND IN SUMTER COUNTY GEORGIA IS FULL OF BONES THAT DONT EVEN DESERVE TO BE THERE IN SOUTHERN SOIL. THE S.O.B.S. INVADED THE SOUTH AND MANY OF THEM STAYED THERE FOREVER. FUCK EM. THEY GOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAD COMING TO THEM. NO REMORSE FOR THOSE BASTARDS FROM ME .
@faulltw
3 жыл бұрын
@x D3G3N3R8 NATION x You aren't kidding, must be hell being him.
@itswagon
3 жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather, Caleb Bennett died from undreated wounds while in Andersonville. He was from Jackson Township, New Jersey where he is buried..
@Raul61233
7 жыл бұрын
Another great job, Jerry. Many thanks for these valuable biographies.
@chuckiedimes1466
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely the best and most informative docs on YT.
@bobapbob5812
5 жыл бұрын
RIP to my great uncle Franklin Hutchins, grave 898, died May 5 1864 at age 16. Served in the 13th New York Cavalry. Used his service to join the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
@janeiwasduncan8463
4 жыл бұрын
How can a teen who died in 1864 join a veteran group that was formed after the war?? Or did I read that wrong??
@bobapbob5812
4 жыл бұрын
@@janeiwasduncan8463 He didn't join. I became a member of the Sons of Union Veterans (Not the GAR which you are thinking about) based on his service.
@ryann8680
7 жыл бұрын
I rarely comment but I truly enjoy your videos, the delivery, and the historical accuracy. I have lived in GA my entire life, have visited Andersonville/Camp Sumter. It should be taught that the south tried MORE THAN ONCE to return many many thousands of Union prisoners that they could no longer care for in any humane way due to the dwindling food supply and manpower, but the Union would not take them, they wanted an already starving south to have to tend to the prisoners...at the known cost of thousands of prisoners lives...thank you for pointing that out thru your video, sir
@nunyabiznez6381
5 жыл бұрын
I had family on both sides of the war. I too appreciate Mr. Skinner's highly educational, truthful and well balanced documentaries. My own theory about Andersonville is that the Union Army wanted to use Andersonville and other such places in the south as a pretext for retribution. In fact, they did. I have an article from a New England newspaper describing Andersonville and wrote about the "hideous devils" that ran the camp and "murdered" the inmates there and that was why "They should round up every last rebel scum who operated the camp and hang the lot of them!" There were a lot of political hatred published in northern newspapers in the 1860's. My 3rd great grandfather was a union officer. I have his journals 1859-1872. The early parts of his journal is full of hatred for southerners which is ironic since his son in law, my 2nd great grandfather was born on a Florida plantation in 1845. But reading through them his views gradually evolved and an entry in 1865, shortly before Lee surrendered he says "What hath we wrought." He was distraught by the devastation he saw. In one section of his journal he describes coming upon a plantation in Louisiana, near the Mississippi River where an early Union action had killed everyone on the plantation, men, women, children, livestock AND slaves. While his post war entries rarely spoke of the war, one entry in 1869 showed he was suffering from guilt and confessed that he had ordered the execution of a patrol of rebels that had been captured. The oldest one was 14. He referred to them as "barely weened." His journal during the war years is filled with graphic descriptions of the war. He died in 1875 in an insane asylum. I cannot say if he was suffering from mental illness resulting from his war experience or if it was the cause of some of his actions and his opinions early in the wars. Meanwhile, my 2nd great grandfather's younger brother, homesick for Florida, at the age of 17 ran away from his home in Connecticut in 1864, some how made his way back to Florida and joined a small group of volunteers in Alachua County who then made their way up to Georgia to fight Yankees and according to family oral tradition that I have not been able to verify, his little band of teenage "gorillas" managed to kill about a hundred Yankees. From what I have gleaned from the journals above and family oral tradition it appears that hatred ran very deep on both sides to the point where two brothers never spoke to each other for the remainder of their lives. My ancestral uncle attempted to restore our family's plantation but never succeeded meanwhile his older brother, my 2nd great grandfather refused to join up and got out of the Massachusetts draft by finding work in a factory making arms or Union soldiers. According to my aunt who knew him during his last ten years, he and my 2nd great grandmother absolutely detested Black people. I learned from my research that his younger brother who volunteered for the Confederacy, retired in the 1920's after spending the previous 30 years teaching at an all black trade school in Florida. History tends to be far more ironic and complicated than most people realize.
@kenwolfe2627
5 жыл бұрын
@blnstr whatever ... sounded fine to me a mid-westerner ... totally enjoyed the video, very informative ...
@lesliethompson4039
5 жыл бұрын
@@nunyabiznez6381 omg, rip grandfather... So very sad. St. John 9:5 †
@batmanjones5202
5 жыл бұрын
A part of the country that was fine with slavery was somehow without any taint? I wish you people would succeed right now, and take Trump along with you. He's your hero, after all. Good Lord.
@KevlarX2
5 жыл бұрын
@@batmanjones5202 Better yet, why don't you liberals go to Canada like you promised! Liars every time you open those big mouths. By the way take Obama and the rest of the mobacrats with you.
@HookerGaming
3 жыл бұрын
Great watch! thank you for taking the time to make this for us! i just saw the movie and cannot believe this really happend! Its something else to see the actual locations!
@gregorymclaughlin7616
8 жыл бұрын
This is another great history lesson. I really enjoy them. can't wait for the next one. History is my favorite subject. I'm watching the Saint Valentine massacre on television as I type this. Keep up the good work.
@johnricheson2796
8 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the victor gets to write the history. It does not surprise me that some are not interested in the true cause and effect for the deplorable conditions at Andersonville prison. Captain Henry Wirz was the Union's scapegoat. The irony is that the conditions at Andersonville were a direct result of Sherman's notorious march to the sea where the south was put to the torch, and livestock and crops were destroyed to break the back of the south. Food was scarce and the guards at Andersonville went hungry along with the prisoners. Capt Wirz was destined to fight a losing battle because there was little food available for anyone. Somebody however had to pay and Captain Wirz did. There were worse prison wardens in some of the northern (Union) prisons, however that fact is conveniently overlooked. As I wrote, the victor gets to write the history. Thank you Mr. Skinner for a thoughtful synopsis about the Andersonville prison.
@indy_go_blue6048
3 жыл бұрын
Did you ever read of the A'ville escapees who showed up in Union lines during that march? It made Union troops even more furious that POWs were starving in the midst of plenty. And btw, Andersonville was around for several months before Sherman took Atlanta and began his march to the sea. That doesn't excuse in any way what was done to CSA POWs; the North ALWAYS had plenty.
@carrueross2705
7 жыл бұрын
What a coincidence. I just finished a novel titled Andersonville. It was just horrific describing the conditions of the camp. History of the civil war is just fascinating, but so very sad.
@StarrlaRo
2 жыл бұрын
Horrific conditions that Wirtz was in charge of and he gets a monument honoring him...honoring him for what? For sticking up for the men who lost their lives there? Ones that were fighting for freedom of all men? Very sad and weird he is honored...
@magsg.1730
4 жыл бұрын
I really love anything about the Civil War and I especially enjoyed this one Jerry!
@blueeyes6852
4 жыл бұрын
You sure do an exemplary job on all your videos! Your love of history is contagious! Thank you very much for the videos you film, edit, write, direct and narrate! Your videos are full of information you can't read, word for word (as some videos do) from Google! Lol ! Cheers! 👇👏😊👇❤
@edmundverwey617
8 жыл бұрын
Now THIS is very interesting. I enjoyed your video. Like I said before, not an American but I enjoy History. Thanks Jerry.
@timothyantoine914
5 жыл бұрын
War is hell , 153 years ago yet I still detect bitterness .
@Rowen170
4 жыл бұрын
I live 15 minutes from Andersonville. We go there every year for the annual reenactment. Been going for over 20 years and look forward to it. Good people, good music, great food, lots of History an old timers always want to tell great stories. Heading that way in two days, can't wait.
@thomascrews7196
9 жыл бұрын
Awsome video, you done a really good job! I live in Charlton County, GA....I need to make a trip to Andersonville some day soon!
@dewaynemiguel3349
4 жыл бұрын
My ex's dad was general lee's great great grandson he just died 3 days ago at 93
@edwardpeterson1634
4 жыл бұрын
That must have been quite an honor.
@dewaynemiguel3349
4 жыл бұрын
@@edwardpeterson1634he was a super nice guy whats funny he always had a white beard and looked alot like his great great grandpa he died in kansas i cant remember the town i only saw him 3 times after i divorced his daughter.
@michaelratliff905
4 жыл бұрын
Condolences to you and the family
@michaelratliff905
4 жыл бұрын
Condolences to you and the family
@maryclevenger5946
4 жыл бұрын
@fkujakedmyname Brain dead and ignorant is no way to go through life.
@SigmaWolf-in2mr
7 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching your movie. I always leave with the feeling, "I just learned something today". History has a great narrator in you Jerry.
@charliebrown9086
5 жыл бұрын
My great great great uncle survived. He wrote about the miraculous opening of a spring after a rainstorm. Providence Spring is a great story. Thanks for the video!
@cvcoco
7 жыл бұрын
I love the Civil War and thanks so much for all your good work in your videos.
@dottielovett5526
8 жыл бұрын
Thx for this doc. I always heard about Andersonville on westerns on tv. Now I know. SHHH don't say it, but these are good history lessons.
@JerrySkinner1943
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dottie. Jerry
@josephevers2051
7 жыл бұрын
Dot
@anitasweeta758
8 жыл бұрын
I love your Vid's they are so informative.....and is that your voice telling the story? It is so soothing and calming, which is nice to hear instead of hyperactive, which at my age is helpful. :-) You do wonderful work..and super going to the prior area of the incidents too. I hate hearing some refer to everything as blamed on the Jews. A bunch of racist rants. Hugs Anita
@JerrySkinner1943
8 жыл бұрын
Anita Sweeta Thank you Anita, and yes that is me but i think anyone could do a better job. I like going to all these places, so i do not let anyone else do it. Can you blame me. Thank you again. Jerry
@harolynallison6876
8 жыл бұрын
+Jerry Skinner I am a fan of yours and the civil war is of strong interest, your work on Andersonville is a work of art, thanks for this work.
@richardbuck6547
7 жыл бұрын
Anita Sweeta q
@homefront3162
7 жыл бұрын
JOE HAWKINGS tru dat
@TheRonnierate
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks again Jerry! Wonderful work and much appreciated.
@Damien_Dorsey1017
8 ай бұрын
This place was absolutely horrific during the civil war. 100’s died daily here just from the conditions alone. Thank you for this history
@kathleenwells883
8 жыл бұрын
I watched the documentary "The Civil War" and its description of Anderson Prison was even more grim.
@tomfieselmann5906
4 жыл бұрын
To prepare myself for acting in the play, "The Andersonville Trials" (as Colonel Chipman, the prosecuting attorney), I read about much of its history, and was astounded by the awful conditions. Sure, conditions were bad in most, but survivable - but Andersonville was esceptional. In some ways, this was a trial-run for wartime prison systems during later wars, but particularly WWII concentration camps. The documentary corresponds well with, and added more to what I learned during that period of time prepping for the play.
@merlotxx
4 жыл бұрын
i READ THE BOOK " Andersonville" in the 60's, a great read.
@phillipteagarden7259
4 жыл бұрын
The book, was of course, fictional. . . and a bit "glorified."
@greyline1012
8 жыл бұрын
A very well made piece of "Dark" thought provoking history. Thanks for making this. Peace.
@douglashall2141
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you mr. Skinner for this intriguing and interesting story and account of Andersonville prison.
@chitskirits
8 жыл бұрын
Dark days in the history of the U.S. of America,apparently sometime brothers and cousins were fighting on different sides.
@shanghunter7697
8 жыл бұрын
+Josiffrank Fathers and sons as well and much more.
@danielmorse6597
5 жыл бұрын
Sadly it is happening again.
@senatorjosephmccarthy2720
5 жыл бұрын
@@danielmorse6597 , a better translation of Matthew 24: 7 is: For ethnos shall rise against ethnos ... more accurately describing the world today.
@Wolfietherrat
5 жыл бұрын
Not good times. Many just had to fight because of where they lived.
@nighthawk_predator1877
5 жыл бұрын
It was the ugliest fact of the Civil War!!!
@Blackfive1945
7 жыл бұрын
Very informative video Jerry . Roger ( UK )
@davepenkert9152
7 жыл бұрын
A&W RESTURANT
@iwanmurtanto4202
6 жыл бұрын
Thank Mr.Skinner for share these amazing history,,,! Your voice is interesting ,,storyteller vibes....👍
@Winterfellen
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, best description of the prison I've seen.
@jamescooper5204
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome History Lesson, I look forward to seeing more of your work, After seeing the actual conditions that all the Patriots on both side of the war had to deal with on a 24/7 daily basis, I hope that people will realize that we have to learn from our history & to appreciate how easy we have it today 😀
@mustbtrouble
2 жыл бұрын
bruh theres no patriots on both sides. theres patriots and traitors. we know which side youre on.
@pmtips4482
4 жыл бұрын
Just try to imagine how those Union boys felt after put on a freedom train to Union held Jacksonville, Florida.... only to be turned away by the very side they fought for and sent back to the prison. Talk about a feeling of despair.
@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
4 жыл бұрын
I hadn't heard of that incident as well, but resources on both sides were in short supply, with prisoners not being high on the priority list. Those sent to Florida probably needed food, medical care, and I doubt Jasksonville had it, but what a slap in the face. I'd come back if I had lived after the war and go looking for that Florida commander.
@davidzoroastrian5920
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jerry for your lovable videos! Very beautiful narration,and good story! Good luck!
@jackrabbit5047
7 жыл бұрын
Amazing presentation. Thank you.
@craigpledghammer7168
4 жыл бұрын
My Great Great Grandfather and many many of my relatives served the Confederate side......
@davep2103
5 жыл бұрын
A couple of amazing facts in this narrative. The Union would not accept their own people let go from the POW camp? Incredible.
@1yoan3
5 жыл бұрын
The Union treated men the worse of both camps. The South could barely feed their own men, most of them starved and had no shoes and few clothes, it was a miracle they could even manage to feed prisoners. The Union high command was plain cruel.
@1yoan3
5 жыл бұрын
The Union would purpously starve the Confederate PoW to death, and make their lives a living hell just for the sake of it. The Union would also pillage every village they came by and would murder a lot of their inhabitants. Confederates never did such things (or at the very least, it wasn't common it if ever happened).
@timstrickland8774
5 жыл бұрын
@@1yoan3 There are no reports or accounts of confederate forces acting out of line..unlike the Yankees.
@1yoan3
5 жыл бұрын
@@timstrickland8774 indeed. Which further validates all previous comments on the Union being villans.
@frankmiller95
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible is right. lt didn't happen.
@TheTwoshoes4u
7 жыл бұрын
Great history! Love your accent and delivery. Always a deelight!
@briangleason5597
5 жыл бұрын
Thank You for this very educational film, I like how you narrated it. I just subscribed. Please keep the history going. God Bless.
@danieldougherty2575
7 жыл бұрын
my great, great, grandfather escaped from andersonville by bribing the guards somehow and getting a southern army uniform.
@mikebird2571
5 жыл бұрын
Makes no sense, as this was a prison which held confederate prisoners, anyone wearing a confederate, would be shot in site....
@foltzenlogel
5 жыл бұрын
@@mikebird2571 - Andersonville was a Confederate (Southern) camp to hold Union (Northern) soldiers. With that being said, I still believe his comment to be highly doubtful.
@hondaxl250k0
5 жыл бұрын
i have a family member in my tree that survived Andersonville but was so weak he died a short time later
@edmc1000
5 жыл бұрын
Union soldiers dug up the grave of sister to my GG grandmother looking for loot and burned the house down.I wish more of the invaders died.
@hondaxl250k0
5 жыл бұрын
@@edmc1000 both sides did terrible things.. I had family on both sides. But I think the north was worse.. after the north freed the southern slaves.. general grant refused to free his slaves till 1867.. and Nathan Bedford forest freeded his slaves before lincon set them free.. o how our history is twisted..
@tomr5613
5 жыл бұрын
And we still haven't learned a thing
@stivi739
4 жыл бұрын
exactly aye
@derrickconnolly9164
4 жыл бұрын
We hate each other because we don't think alike. So we kill each other. I don't believe in climate change. So I should die.
@carlrest6553
4 жыл бұрын
There will always be poverty and there will never be peace. Human nature.
@KutWrite
3 жыл бұрын
Who is "we?"
@faulltw
3 жыл бұрын
So true, just read most of the comments, terrible
@richhughes2225
5 жыл бұрын
Jerry, thank you for your videos. I've enjoyed every one of them.
@tonybucca5667
4 жыл бұрын
I took pictures at a wedding reception once at a VFW hall. On one of the walls was a lithograph, approximately 3 feet by 4 feet tall about Andersonville. The stream flowed from left to right, and the whole fence line was depicted. Around the edges were little vignettes, explaining things, or showing different events. I was MESMERIZED, and I stared, and REMEMBERED that lithograph for a LONG time. I returned years later, and it had been relocated to another wall. NOW, I'm going to go back, and take a HIGH QUALITY picture of it. Your video was VERY WELL DONE!
@kenf1ott
8 жыл бұрын
If anyone has been there or is planning on going there, they run a short documentary "Voices of Andersonville" be sure to see it. And look out for Lessel Long. I played him in the film.
@cwb0051
4 жыл бұрын
Cool..
@domedeo
5 жыл бұрын
Great job Jerry! I've been to Andersonville and its hard to believe the inhumanities and suffering that took place. I believe Wirz did the best he could with what he had to work with and was placed in an impossible situation with very few options; war is a terrible thing. May God bless every soldier who paid the ultimate price, fighting and dying for their beliefs, whether in battle or as a prisoner of war. The men, women, children, and families who suffered on both sides of this war have earned and deserve our utmost respect. We need to stop tearing down the monuments that were erected to honor these men and instead remember the sacrifices these men made for their country. Whether you agree with their beliefs or not, they all died an American Soldier.
@Mark-yb1sp
4 жыл бұрын
Doug Omedeo Well said, Doug.
@Helmuesi911
3 жыл бұрын
Doug Omedeo One side seceded from the union, considered treason.. so no, they did not die as American soldiers but as traitors. And those monuments and statues are celebrating America’s enemy. Dickhead.
@fullthrottle157
3 жыл бұрын
People need to listen to the actual recordings of one of the last living soldiers from the Civil War. He was a cororal for the Confederacy. He explains very clearly that they fought for states rights not slavery as is so widely taught. Just like today, many issues get misconstrued and become morphed into something that it was not intended to be.
@patricialenaburg6553
3 жыл бұрын
@@fullthrottle157 Your right there, and the state wanted the right to have slaves. Makes it sound better when you say, { they were fighting for the states rights}.By the time the war was over they didn't no what they were fighting for. They were either dead, dying, tired, starving, homesick, and scared, or all the above. I had family fighting on both sides, and I feel for all our men who fought, it was horrible for all.
@HeatherHotcakes
2 жыл бұрын
This makes no sense. The confederates made sacrifices for a country that no longer exists. They were traitors to the United States of America.
@wyorancher63
8 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy your videos. You do a great job. Thanks for putting them together and posting them here.
@jaclynschultz2616
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this interesting video. I just discovered that my ancestor, John Ryerson from NY, died at Andersonville.
@Mycroftsbrother
7 жыл бұрын
When you look at Andersonville, you also have to look at Camp Douglas near Chicago.
@rayvenomwest3346
4 жыл бұрын
Mycroftsbrother correct.
@g0679
4 жыл бұрын
Mycroftsbrother Elmira Prison had the highest death rate, per historian Ed Bearss. Union prisoners tended to die of digestive ailments, Confederates of respiratory illness.
@bruceburtnett7876
4 жыл бұрын
Camp Douglass is in tomah wi
@ole5539
3 жыл бұрын
And Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware Bay.
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