Case file · Haunting
Andersonville prison
Almost 13,000 Union prisoners died at Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia, in 1864–65; visitors to the national historic site report shapes, cries and a foul smell.
1864 CE · 32.20, -84.13 · status: legend
The account
The commandant Henry Wirz was hanged for war crimes in 1865. Some stories say his ghost is seen on the road nearby.
The sceptical view
Ghost lore here rests on anecdote; the site is a national memorial to all American prisoners of war.