Andersonville Raiders: Yankee Versus Yankee in the Civil War’s Most Notorious Prison Camp (Gary Morgan - UA) Atkinson He even bought a German-language

He even bought a German-language newspaper to appeal to that growing electorate in his state

ANGELA MAYER

by Chris Mackowski & Kristopher White

The Battle of Antietam marked a vital turning point in the war: afterward

Andersonville Raiders: Yankee Versus Yankee in the Civil War’s Most Notorious Prison Camp (Gary Morgan - UA) Atkinson He even bought a German-languageby Gary Morgan On the evening of July 11, 1864, six men were marched into Andersonville Prison, surrounded by a cordon of guards, the prison commandant, and a Roman Catholic priest. The six men were handed over to a small execution squad, and while more than 26,000 Union prisoners looked on, the six were executed by hanging. The six, part of a larger group known as the Raiders, were killed, not by their Rebel enemies but by their fellow prisoners, for