Andersonville
The Andersonville prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, was the largest Confederate military prison during the American Civil War. The site of the prison is now Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville, Georgia. Most of the site actually lies in extreme southwestern Macon County, adjacent to the east side of Andersonville. It includes the site of the Civil War prison, the Andersonville National Cemetery, and the National Prisoner of War Museum. In all, 12,913 of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners died there because of starvation, malnutrition, and disease.
Hilltowns men imprisoned at Andersonville
- Blade, William M. of Berne lived
- Bouton, Addison of Berne survived
- Bowie, John of Westerlo, died
- Bundy, Joseph M. of Westerlo, died
- Cook, Madison of Berne, survived
- Damon, Andrew J. of Knox died
- Duel, Levi of Knox, died
- Farquher, Thomas J. of Berne, died
- Fenton, Andrew of Rensselaerville, died
- Fish, Lester Nathan of Rensselaerville was transferred to Andersonville and his fate is unknown.
- Flagler, Wesley of Westerlo, died
- Haverly, Edward of Berne, survived
- Holmes, Edmund of Rensselaerville, died
- Holmes, Erastus Hamilton of Westerlo, died
- Holmes, James of Westerlo, died
- Hungerford, Abner of Berne, survived
- Jones, Allen of Berne, survived
- Lake, Lorenzo of Westerlo, died
- Laraway, George W. of Berne died
- Lockwood, Marcus D. of Westerlo, died
- Merrihew, Orville A. of Berne, died
- Palmer, Frederick of Westerlo, survived
- Quay, Paul of Knox, died
- Rafferty, Peter of Rensselaerville, died
- Reinhart, Addison of Berne, survived
- Russell, Johnathan of Rensselaerville, died
- Shultes, John B. of Rensselaerville lived
- Slater, Edward of Rensselaerville, died
- Smith, Levi of Rensselaerville, died
- Steiner, Chauncey A. of Berne, died
- Udell, James of Westerlo, died
- Warner, Peter William of Berne died of starvation.
- Webb, James of Westerlo, died
- Wilsey, David of Westerlo, died
- Wolley, George of Westerlo, died
- Wood, Hiram B. of Berne, died
- Wright, Nathaniel of Berne died
- Van Wie, George of Rensselaerville lived
- Zeh, Norton of Berne, survived
Photo Gallery
Photos courtesy of Kevin Frye
Memorial Day
