In the summer of 1864, a man was on a train in the deep south when it began to slow.

When it came to a stop, the man hopped out and joined a long line of others just like him

outside of a massive wooden fence.

As the line of men approached the fence, its massive gate began to open, and when the man

could see inside, he could barely believe the hell on earth in front of him.

This is the horrifying story of the men behind those walls, and as always, viewer discretion

is strongly advised.

During the summer of 1864, a train began to slow as it traveled through the deep south.

It had been a long journey from Virginia and was finally coming to an end for a man named Prescott

Tracy.

In happier times, this type of track would likely end in a reunion with loved ones, but that's

not at all what awaited him as the train came to a complete stop. As a private in the Union Army, or for the non-American viewers, you may know this as the North, Prescott was now deep behind the lines of the Confederacy or the South during the American Civil War. As he would soon find out, this would be the last place a person would want to be. His blue wool uniform was stifling as he emerged from the stuffy box car he had been kept

in for six long days of travel.

During that time, his treatment was less than humane.

Water was difficult to come by and food was even scarcer.

About four crackers a day and some meat on occasion were all he had been given during the

trip.

After hopping into the train cart, Prescott joined a long line of others just like him outside a massive wooden fence, 15 feet or 4.5 meters high made of Georgia pines that seemed to run in every direction. As he was marched closer and closer to the fence, a section of it swung open and as soon as he could see inside, he could barely believe his eyes. It was a site tens of thousands had already taken in and by this point it could only be

described as hell on earth.

Stepping inside the confines of the fence, Prescott had just become an inmate at the notorious

Andersonville Civil War Prison.

Located 125 miles south of Atlanta, Andersonville today is a town of about 240 residents. And passing through

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