Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Andersonville


Andersonville was built in 1864 to hold 10,000 Union prisoners of war. By the time the camp was closed over 14 months later, over 45,000 prisoners were living there in squalid conditions, without enough food,water, shelter, or medical attention. Over 13,000 Union prisoners of war died at Andersonville. Captain Henry Wirz, the commandant at Andersonville, was held responsible and hanged as a war criminal. Andersonville is now a memorial that honors prisoners of war from all U.S. wars.

Although Captain Wirz was punished for what happened at Andersonville, there are those who believe that he was a victim as well as the prisoners of war who suffered and died. So now it's your turn. Think about what it means to be responsible for something. Who was really responsible for what happened at Andersonville?

74 comments:

Anonymous said...

p.2 bianca g.
brenda t.

we believe that all 13,000 deaths at Andersonville should rest on the shoulders of Jefferson Davis. we believe that because he was the president of the south and should have been aware of the ghastly living conditions that the soliders lived in. he should have been responsible for getting the union soliders food, clean water, and a decent place to live. even if they were the enemy, they were still human and should have been treated like one, even the black soliders.

Anonymous said...

Tania C. Stephany L. p2
The cival war casualties in Andersonville was caused by everyone. Captin Wirz was responsible for the care of everyone within Andersonville,but was unable to for there were no supplies left in the South.Jefferson Davis played a big role with the casualties within the walls of Andersonville.He was resopnsible for suppling what prisoners needed to stay alive. The Southerners caused some death because the contributed to the war(sttarted it) and had death come upon Andersonville without direct violence.General Grant had the power to trade back Southern prisoners in return for Northern prisoners,but chose not to because Southers would treat Northern prisoners as slaves.General Sherman lead the armies.He destroyed everything in his path,causing low supplies.Therefor ,everyone played their part in the deaths of the war leaving no one to blame for the casualties in Andersonville.

Anonymous said...

Cynthia Ramirez Per.2
There is technically no one to blame for the terrible prison at Andersonville. It was just another terrible part of the cruel Civil War. Cause if you think about it, everyone took part in the death of 13,000 men, and you can't punish everyone. Like, Capt. Wirz was in charge of the prison, but he really did try to get more food and supplies for his prisoners, but president Davis wouldn't give it to him. And he couldn't because he barely had enough food for his soldiers, because general Sherman was destroying crops in the South. He did that to end the war faster, meanwhile Grant didn't trade for Union soldiers until the South stopped discriminationg against their black soldiers. So it was just a chain of events that led up to the terrible camp beacause of everyone. So i think Wirz shouldn't have been hanged and let it be.

Anonymous said...

Ashley Figueroa
Cynthia Garcia p2
We beleive that the one person who should take responsability for all of the deaths at the camp at Andersonville is Jefferson Davis. This is because he was the president of the confederates and had the authority and sould have taken advantage of this. He would have acted smart and should have thought of a way to produce food for his soldiers, i mean how could you say that there is just not any food at all, thats pretty ridiculous.

Anonymous said...

Cesar S & Lupe S Per 2
We think that Commander Wirz was not the one responsible for the 13,000 casualties in Andersonville. The ones who we think are responsible are the Southerners. They were the ones who started the war in the first place. When the North asked them if they stopped mistreating their prisoners the North would trade with them, the South refused so that's when General Sherman decided to destroy all the farmlands in the South and they killed most of their animals.

Anonymous said...

Per. 2 Jocelyn Avila and Sophia Ramiez

According to our knowledge no one could be blamed for the catastrophy of Andersonville. Even though Captain Henrey Wirz was responsible of Andersonville he couldn't control everything and he asked for food and supplies but the South had none. The South couldn't be blammed because as General Sherman marched through the South he would burn every crop and all the supplies that he could find. So that the Confederate army would starve. The North had something to do with it too. If they would of traded some prisoners many wouldn't have of died.So in conclusion no one person is blammed with full responsibility, everyone was to blame for what happened in Andersonville.

Anonymous said...

Luz Verdugo &&' Emmanuel Ramirez(:
Period 2(:
May 20th, 2011<3(:

In our opinion, General Sherman &&' General Grant are responsible for what happened in Andersonville. General Sherman was responsible because he made sure that the south could not grow food by burning crops. General Grant is also responsible because he seiged the south so food can not go in nor out. Most people thought Comander Wirz from the confederate army was responsible but he was not. He requested more supplies for the camp but he was denied the supplies because the south had very little food. Then people say "Blame Jefferson Davis! He didnt want to feed our soilders." But in reality he could barely feed his own. Then people say to blame all Southerners, but they had no blame. They had so little food, they started eating shoes.

Anonymous said...

P2
Angel M. & Ricky M.

We blame General Sherman because he believed in "total war" so he destroyed all the farmland in the south. With the farms destroyed, Captin Wirz couldn't get the food he needs and the soldiers die but it's not Wirz's fault. Wirz was blamed because he's the commander but, we believe it's Sherman's fault.

Anonymous said...

P2
Angel M. & Ricky M.

We blame General Sherman because he believed in "total war" so he destroyed all the farmland in the south. With the farms destroyed, Captin Wirz couldn't get the food he needs and the soldiers die but it's not Wirz's fault. Wirz was blamed because he's the commander but, we believe it's Sherman's fault.

Anonymous said...

P2
Angel M. & Ricky M.

We blame General Sherman because he believed in "total war" so he destroyed all the farmland in the south. With the farms destroyed, Captin Wirz couldn't get the food he needs and the soldiers die but it's not Wirz's fault. Wirz was blamed because he's the commander but, we believe it's Sherman's fault.

Anonymous said...

P2
Angel M. & Ricky M.

We blame General Sherman because he believed in "total war" so he destroyed all the farmland in the south. With the farms destroyed, Captin Wirz couldn't get the food he needs and the soldiers die but it's not Wirz's fault. Wirz was blamed because he's the commander but, we believe it's Sherman's fault.

Anonymous said...

P2
Angel M. & Ricky M.

We blame General Sherman because he believed in "total war" so he destroyed all the farmland in the south. With the farms destroyed, Captin Wirz couldn't get the food he needs and the soldiers die but it's not Wirz's fault. Wirz was blamed because he's the commander but, we believe it's Sherman's fault.

Anonymous said...

P2
Angel M. & Ricky M.

We blame General Sherman because he believed in "total war" so he destroyed all the farmland in the south. With the farms destroyed, Captin Wirz couldn't get the food he needs and the soldiers die but it's not Wirz's fault. Wirz was blamed because he's the commander but, we believe it's Sherman's fault.

Anonymous said...

P2
Angel M. & Ricky M.

We blame General Sherman because he believed in "total war" so he destroyed all the farmland in the south. With the farms destroyed, Captin Wirz couldn't get the food he needs and the soldiers die but it's not Wirz's fault. Wirz was blamed because he's the commander but, we believe it's Sherman's fault.

Anonymous said...

Crystal C. and Daniel G. pr.2
The person who should be blamed for Andersonville is Jefferson Davis and the southern people. Jefferson should be blamed because he was the president of the Confederate Government. It was his responsibility to bring supplies for the prisoners. Other people should be blamed like the southern people. The Southerners were the ones who started the war because they weren't happy that the Union was going to make slavery illegal. On the other hand, people may say that just because they live in the south, doesn't mean that the all people agree with having slavery. There might be people who are innocent people. We think most southern people should be blamed though.

Anonymous said...

P:2 MelisaR AdrianS
What happened at Andersonville? A constantly debated subject. Many people were blamed but mainly it was the Southerners. They refused to supply Wirz with supplies and once the south captured black soldiers they were mistreated. After that the North decided to end prisoner exchange, in a way the South made all prisoners of war suffer. Thanks to the Southern people the Civil War happened. If the south let their slaves free there wouldn't have been a war. But since they didn't let their slaves free this war had to occur for a free or slave nation. In the end the Civil War was a battle of injustice and human rights.

Anonymous said...

Rafael Benavides
Eduardo Flores
Per.2 5-20-11
I think Captain Henry Wirz because he was incharge of the prisoners. It was his responsibilaty to take care of the prison, like feeding them and many other responsibilaties. So since Captain Henry Wirz was incharge of all the prisoners so thats why he is and should be blamed. He made those prisoners suffer to death because their was evidence that the prisoners were starved and were like walking corpse. As you can see he was a terrible person to put in charge to run the prison. As a result he was hanged for the 13000 deaths at Andersonville.

Anonymous said...

Ivan Fernandez & Leo Chavez
per:2 5-20-11

We think it's gernal Grant that's responsible for what happened at Andersonville. We think this because he didn't want to exchange soldiers with South.For the reason that they were treating black soldier unfairly. General Grant should of excepted this and still exchange captured soldier because the South was still killing black soldiers and treating them unfairly. General Grant could of saved a lot of soldier if he would of just kept exchanging captured soldiers.

Anonymous said...

Period 2
Anthony Inchaurregui & Juan Montes :)
I think Jefferson Davis was responsible for what happened at Andersonville because he didn't want to trade the soldiers...He was the President of the Confederacy so he is responsible for the food and the people. Since he didn't provide good and enough food for the people/soldiers at Andersonville.

Anonymous said...

Esmeralda G.& Antonio H.
Per.2

In our opinion, we believe that everyone had a part in the Andersonville deaths. The prisoners of war were starving due to the fact that they were provided with little water and food.Everyone is to blame because each person could of gave something as donation to the camp or closed it down. Also, Captain Wirz was the person to blame because he was a war criminal that was selfish.Therefore,we think that Captain Wirz was the man to blame.

Anonymous said...

P.2 Katherine P. and Monica O.
We think that the ones responsible for what happened at Andersonville were Jefferson Davis and all the Southern people. We think this because the Southern states seceded from the Union because they didn't want to end slavery, which was the main cause of the Civil War. If the South hadn't seceded, the Union would have stayed together, the war wouldn't have happened, and all of those soldiers wouldn't have died. It could have also been Davis's fault because he was the president of the Confederate states and he encouraged the South to secede from the Union. So he could be the one to blame its technically his fault that the Southern States seceded which caused the Civil War.

Anonymous said...

per3
efren,tercero
i think it was captain wirz and jefferson davis because general grant tried making a deal . to treat the black soliders and white soliders the same . jefferson davis denied the deal and thats got captain wirz to be the leader of the andersonville prisonier camp. he also knew that one day the were going to run out of supplies but it was mostly jefferson davis fault . also he couldnt keep over 10,000 and captain wirz had over 32,000 prisoniers in his camp .

Anonymous said...

P3 Gabriela C. & JOSEPHSALGADO
I think it was Captain Wirz because after the war, he kept all the people as prisoners. Captain Wirz would have let them go instead of having to ask for medicine and food.He was also responsible for the camp. Wirz could've sent another person to go buy medicine. I think he should just had let them go.

Anonymous said...

Per.3
Lorena L.
Anthony B.
Our opinioun was that it was General Sherman's fault because he destroyed cities , farms beacuse withought farms there wouldn't be food so thats why everybody started to die and getting diseases and also because there was too many people so it got overcrowded. He aslo destroyed railroads so the food wouldnt come to the people. That why it was General Sherman's fault.

Anonymous said...

P.3 Marcela Argueta & George Perez

The responsible person for the 13,000 deaths at Andersonvile was Captain Wirz because he was in charge of taking care of the camp and prisoners. If he needed food, medicine, and supplies he should of sent a solider to go get them. If they had no medicine he should of used herbs. They should of accepted black people and treat them the same way as the white people that way they could of asked for supplies or something they needed. If they had a lot of prisoners they could of let go of the ones that were really old and that had a long a time there.

Anonymous said...

Jacqueline.B
Lilyanna.B P.3
Captain Wirz and Jefferson Davis were both responsible because Captain Wirz was supposed to make sure he had enough food and medicine for the prisinors in his camp, and jeffersn davis was responsible for giving Wirz the suplies necesary for the prisinors.they were both in charge of the camp so they were both responsible for what happened at andersonville.

Anonymous said...

p.3 Jefferson Aragon Leslie Anguiano
The person that was responsible for what happened at Andersonville ,was captain Wirz. First because he was in charge of the camp and he waas found guilty of some of the war crimes.

Anonymous said...

Per.3
Brandy.B
Danilo.L

i think that it is General Grants fault because hes the one that ended the POW exchanges. He could of just simly said'' ok well treat the blackes like the whites.Also jefferson davis said''No '' About reating the blacks like whites.Also Jefferson Davis is so dumb because of the slavery.

Anonymous said...

P.3
Yulissa L. ; Ashley N.
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I think it was everybodys fault because, everyone had their own job to do, Captain Wirz was only in charge of giving Jefferson Davis Supplies to give to the prisoners.

Anonymous said...

period3
Valerie
I think it was Gereral Grant and Jefferson Davis was responsiable for what happend in Andersonville. because Jeferson didnt want to give supplies to andersivile. Gernal Grant didnt like the idea that Davis wont give them supplies so grant started to kill his prioners which were the southerns . some died from diesase or starvation and all that kind of stuff . so i think it was both.

Anonymous said...

Eduardo contreras
David raimrez
Per 3
I eduardo think that it was General shermans fault of what happened in anderson vile.Its his fault because he destroyed most of the plantatins.Thats how they could of gottan food for the soiders.So what happened in anderson vile was his fault thats what i think.

i david say that its jefferson davis fault for not giving supply to them prisoners and treating them like slaves all because of henry wirz but at the same time i blame the commanders and cheifs of both armies cause they orders them to follow them instructions of the prisons

Anonymous said...

p.3 Ashley Galvez
Jennifer Garcia

1.I think no one was the one who was responsible for andersonville because No one got involed of anything and also no one saw who did it.

Anonymous said...

p3 Cristian P. Samantha O.
I think that captain Henry Wirz is not responsible for the death at Andersonville because he was just the captain the ones that were responsible are the ones who didn't send food o medicine

Anonymous said...

per 3 ebony ayala

i think that jerfferson and caption wirz were resposible for what happend with andersonville. the prisoners camp was bulidt to hold 10,000 people but by the end there were over 30,000 and becuase of that there wasnt enough food for every one so alot of people die . tery died from deisases and starvation

Anonymous said...

Per.3 Aundriea B. & Martin C.

Everybody was to blame to what happen to the death of the 13,000 soldiers in the war. But not the slaves. We think the south was to blame when I, Martin said yesterday everyone I meant everyone in the south. Most part of the blame is Captain Sherman beause he was destroying the food,water,shelter, and medical supplies that was needed in the war.

Anonymous said...

PER.3 Jocelyn Garcia and Katherine Lua
Captain Henry Wirz was in charge of Andersonville. He had a small part ofbeing responisblie of all the people that died, he didnt have extra suplies for the prisoners but.......every one had a little of responsiblity of all the deaths of andersonville every one had a resposiblity but some people ignord them and some people didn't try hard enough to for fill their responsiblity

Anonymous said...

Melissa H. & Anthony J. Pr.4


i think he ( captain henry wirz ) was the person to get punished for what happened because, He is the comander and he had to know what he was doing. He was the one who had to figure out out how much supplies he needed !


;*- Meliyssah :))

Anonymous said...

Rebecca G. Period 4
1.Grant Was Responsible For What Happened In Andersonville.

Anonymous said...

Period 4:

Jacqueline Alvarez , Marvin Acevedo


the answer to this question would be . that the blame that people would take was not good because them people may of not been the right people to be blame & the ones that ha to be blame were not there to say it because they would never accept it as it is . other people need to suffer for them !

Anonymous said...

P.4 Sabrina Z. Nathally R.
The responsible one was Captain Henry Wirz because he was the one who decided what came in. Usually captains have the right to do what they want with their prisoners.

Anonymous said...

P4 Samantha Santoyo , Elisa Camarillo (:

Question : Who Was To Blame ?

Answer : Captin Henry Wirz . Because , The Commandant At Andersonville , Was Held Resopnsible And Hanged As A War Criminal .

Anonymous said...

Destiny.R & Janet.C per 4

I think it was Captain Henry Wirz's fault for what had happened because he was the in charged of taking care of the prisoners and the prisoners died because they didnt get enough medical attention, shelter, food, & water that they needed to survive to live. Over 13,000 prisoners died at Andersonville because Captain Henry Wirz didnt do his job by surviving and taking care of the prisoners.

Anonymous said...

p.4 Karen A. Jocelyn R.
1.) Who's to blame for andersonville?

I believe Captain Henry Wirz was responsible for the deaths at the Andersonville prison. He wanted to order more supplies but the union or army wouldn't allow it.
And he had power of the whole camp and, if he didn't have the money to order supplies then he shouldn't have started a prison camp in the first place. He should have had supporters and donators.

Anonymous said...

p.4 Karen A. Jocelyn R.
1.) Who's to blame for andersonville?

I believe Captain Henry Wirz was responsible for the deaths at the Andersonville prison. He wanted to order more supplies but the union or army wouldn't allow it.
And he had power of the whole camp and, if he didn't have the money to order supplies then he shouldn't have started a prison camp in the first place. He should have had supporters and donators.

Anonymous said...

Period:4
Diana V Jimmy A
The person responsible for what happend in Andersonville was Henry Wirz because he should have thougth about trading , instead of letting them die. He did gave them food,water,shelter, and medical attention , but they needed more than that.

Anonymous said...

Angel Marin and Mario Aguirre
Period 4
i think its Sherman was the one whos responsible because he was the one who destroyed the food shelter and railroads for the food to come. He was the one responsible because he wanted to siege!

Anonymous said...

FelipeG Per 4

The captain should of been punished for not supporting the prisoners, for not keeping the prisoners healthy they should of had done something to try to keep them alive, also to support them with food, medical, and shelter.Also the prisoner should of done something either make a tent for shelter or something.

Anonymous said...

Rayven Henderson Period 6....
General Sherman was the one to blame for the death s because he destroyed all the and they didnt have any acces to get any supplies.He also destroyed most of their belongings.He is also the blame beause if they had the railroad to acces supplies and food there wouldnt have been as many deaths as there was

Anonymous said...

p.6 gabriela mata

i think it was the president of the confederates was responsible for the deaths of the union soilders. its his fault because he wasnt able to supply the prison with food water and shelter. most of the supplies were give to the soilders that were fighting.while that was happening the crops were being burned down by the union. so the president should of been blamed .

Anonymous said...

Period 6. By Luis Luna.

Captian Henry Wirz was responsible for the deaths of the prisoners becuase when he saw the conditions the prisoners were in he askeddd for more supplies, and they said "NO WE DONT HAVE NONE" He could of insistead to getting more supplies till he did everything he could of, but no he just asked when they said no...

Anonymous said...

Period 6 Daniela Hernandez.

Captian Henry Wirz was responsible for the deaths of the prisoners becuase when he saw the conditions the prisoners were in he askeddd for more supplies, and they said "NO WE DONT HAVE NONE" He could of insistead to getting more supplies till he did everything he could of, but no he just asked when they said no...

Anonymous said...

P6. ariana romo
i think that the person responsible for what happened at andersville would have been general sherman because he was was the one whp was cutting off trees and i would also have to think that the person responsible was the captain because he could've avoided all these deaths by letting the soldiers free.

Anonymous said...

Gonzalo G.
p.6


I believe that General Sherman was responsible forthe casualties/mortalities of the prisoners because he burned crops, took livestock, and ransacked house. He destroyed everything in his path. This resulted in food shotaging for the south and hunger and malnutrition for the prisoners of Andersonville. There wan't any food to eat, and it was in the most part General Sherman's fault.

Anonymous said...

P.6
Emmanuel V
I think that the person responsible for the deaths of the solders General Sherman. I think that it was him because he was the one that destroyed the railraods and the frams. With out the farms there was no food for the solders. With out the railraods the food could not be brought in to the camps from other places.

Anonymous said...

Alejandra Torres Period:6

In my opinion the whole confederate government was responsible. The reason was because they decided too keep all those prisoners but yet they did not have any supplies for any of the prisoners. They where irrisponsible and did not care about their personal health

Anonymous said...

P6
Angel Prado

The confederate government was responsible for Andersonville because they wouldnt supply Wirz with anything. Alot of people died from disease, starvation and overcrowndness. If the government would have gave Wirz medicine that could have saved thousands of people. The government should have also supplied food and tents. This would have save many, many lives.

Anonymous said...

Ronnie Ortiz p.6

1.) I think both the north and the south were responsible for what happened at andersonville. The south was responsible because they did not provide food, shelter, and medical care, plus other reasons as well. The north was responsible because the did go rescue their soldeirs . Also General Sherman went to the south and burned everything in his path causing many mortalities. Thats my opinion on who was responsible.

Anonymous said...

Emily P.
P.6

In my opinion, I think it was everyones fault because each persons that were in charge had a responsibility that they didn't forfill.Captain Wirz was in charge to supply the prisoners and he did as much as he could,not everyone though;not enough supply.The Government was responsible to give the supply to Cap'n Wirz and couldn't either.It was not only one at fault but every southener because they all provided and make it possible for the prissoners and the people at war to be well taken care of.

Anonymous said...

P6. Eduardo Ruedas

I think everybody was responsible for what happen at Andersonville. It was caused because people didn't even worry about how many supplies there were at the camp, supplies such as food and lumber for building shelter. I think the only innocent person there was Captain. Henry Wirz because he demanded supplies to be sent to the camp. The bad side of that was that there was no supplies sent at all and after the war was over all the blame went to Captain. Henry Wirz. He was trailed and hanged for murder. There is alot of discussion about who was the cause for the incident at Andersonville, it could be one person involved maybe even two or hundreds.

Anonymous said...

P6
Lulu Lozada
I think that Captain Henry Wiz was responsible for all of the deaths at Andersonville. He was the on that was in control of everything that went on in Andersonville.
12,912 soldiers died because of lack of food, diseases, overcrowding and exposure. If he wanted to stop the cruelty, he could.

Anonymous said...

Michelle P.
P.6

There are many people who think that Captain Henry was rsponsible for what happened in Andersonville.In my opinion, everyone was responsible for what occured.First of all, Captain Henry had to make sure that everyone had enough supplies. Which he didn't. Then when he finally realized that there were no supplies left.
Then he asked the Confederate army for more supplies but they didin't have enough money, so they couldn't do anyhting about it.Then the Confederate army asked the Southren people for money. They didn't have money, so they couldn't purchase the supplies needed. So basically everyone was responsible for this terrible catastrophe. There is no specific person who we should blame for this event. Everyone didn't really give the camp enough supplies to survive.

Anonymous said...

The person who is responsible for what happen to Andersonville is no one. I think no one because everyone used the supplies that captain Henry Wirz ordered them to get him. Also I think no one because it couldn't be everyone or General Grant because they needed the supplies for themselves or the war. The last reason why I think it is no one because it happened so soon that no one could prevent what was happening to the prisoners.
P:6 5/20/11
Benjamin Duran III

Anonymous said...

p.6 vanessa casillas

i think captain Henry Wirz was resonsible for what happened at Andersonville because he didnt give the prisoners enough food, water or medical attention. he was the commandant at Andersonville and he shoud of did more stuff for the prisoners. Over 13,000 prisoners died at Andersonville, and i do think captain Henry Wirz was responsible .

Anonymous said...

Luis.M P,6: I believe that the confederate government was responsible for what happened at andersonville. Because henry wirz asked for supplies for the prisoners but he didnt get any because they had no supplies in the confederate. i believe that captain henry wirz tried too keep the prisoners in good condition but he did'nt have the supplies too do so.

Anonymous said...

P6. Amy B.(:

I think Captain Henry Wirz was responsible for the high mortality. Captain Henry Wirz did not supply what the prisoners deaths. When they did not give him the supplies he should of done something about it. He should of found a way to come up with the supplies so the prisoners would not die. If he could not then it was no ones fault. It was so soon and things happen for reasons. No one could of done something about it unless they would of send them free....(;

Anonymous said...

P6
Graciela Maldonado

Who I think is responsible for the deaths of those 12,912 soldiers is captain Henry Wirz. The reason why is because he didnt take responsibility for his soldiers. Although they told him they didnt have any of the supplies, he should have made sure his soldiers were in good condition, because it was his responsibility.

Anonymous said...

P6
Dario Ramirez

Respnosnsabilty is taking part of your own actions. Who I think is responsable for Andersonville is the Confederate government. Because they did not supply them with any type of food, water, clothes, or medicine of any sorts.

Anonymous said...

Karlo M.
per.6

I think that General Sherman and the South were responsible.I think that General Sherman was responsible because he was just destroing everything that was in his path.I also think that it was the South to because they werent providing shelter,food,water,medicine, the elemants necessary to sustain life.

Anonymous said...

Jorge Mora_P.6

Who was responsible for what happened at Andersonville?

I think Sherman was responsible for what happened at Andersonville. He was burning lots of crops and lifestock that could've been used for prisoners. He also burned materials that could have been clothing. He wasted a lot of resources that could have benifited the prisoners. That is why I think Sherman was responsible.

Anonymous said...

Jacob T. Per. 6

I Think The Person Responsible For The Deaths At Andersonville Was Captain Henry Wirz. He Was The Commandant At Andersonville. It Was Supossed To Be His Responsibility To Make Sure There Was Enough Food, Water, Shelter, Or Medical Attention. The Camp Was Supposed To Be Built For Only 10,000 People And Over 45,000 People There And That Means That There Couldnt Be Enough Shelter For Everyone.

Anonymous said...

P.6
Faith T.
The person responsible for the deaths at Andersonville was Captain Henry Wirz. I think this because Captain Wirz was supposed to care for the soldiers but he treated them bad. He was responsible because he was in charge of how many people were there. There was supposed to be 10,000 Union soldiers but there was over 45,000. Because there was more people than expected there was't enough food water and medical attention.

Anonymous said...

Anthony Sanchez Period 6

I blame the Confederate Government cause he did not supply Wirz with anything. They also decided to keep all of those prisoners instead of releasing them. At least 13,000 prisoners had die. Thats is why i blame the Confederate Government.

Anonymous said...

Stephanie Fernandez
Marlene Garcia P.6

I believe that what happened at Andersonville was the the respnsibility of the Confederate government because they were supposed to supply the prisoners with all the utilities , such as food, water, clothing, shlter, and medical care , but they failed at doing that. That caused the deaths at the camps and they should of been more responsible and do there job!-marlene

I think that had happen in Andersonville because of the Cofederate Government.They were supposed to give food,clothes,first aid,and home or shelter. stephyyyyyyyyyyy!!111!

Anonymous said...

It was Captain Henry Wirz fault because he was in charge of keeping all the people within the camp. I t was also his fault because he asked for supplies and they said no, but he didn't do anything about it and he let them die. Instead of sending people to hunt for food and to go get shelter for the people he just sat their and let them die. It was his fault because he should have told the soldiers to go buy food, from the North. It was Captain Henry Wirz fault and he should be blamed for it.
P:6 5/20/11
Kevin Escobedo