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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: February 19, 2009
Caption: Camp Lawton Interpretive Marker 2
Additional Description: Camp Lawton Gate
Near this spot stood the entrance to Camp Lawton. The gate is seen in the illustration from Leslie's Newspaper. A more accurate interpretation might be a drawing of Andersonville's gate (seen below). courtsey National Park Service
In January 1865, Frank Leslie's published a highly propagandized account of Camp Lawton. Arriving days after Confederates abandoned the prison, Leslie's artist described a stockade of "nearly 15 acres." It was, in fact, 42 acres in size. He also reported that 650 of 3,000 captives had died there.The number of dead reported was fairly accurate, but over 10,000 had been captive. The article concluded," If anything could add dishonor to treason it is inhumanity like that shown towards unhappy captives."
Submitted: March 2, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p54567
File Size: 0.145 Megabytes

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