FACTS AND FIGURES
GREATEST NUMBER OF PRISONERS HELD ON A SINGLE DATE AT ANDERSONVILLE33,144 AUGUST 8 1864
DAY AND DATE OF GREATEST NUMBER OF DEATHS AUGUST 23 1864 127
NUMBER OF PRISONERS RECIEVED DURING ITS OPERATION 45,613
DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER OF DEATHS DURING ITS OPERATION 29 3/4
RATIO OF MORTALITY per 1000 OF MEAN STRENGTH 24%
MORTALITY OF 18,000 REGISTERED PATIENTS75%
CAUSE
|
NUMBER
|
| Anasarca |
377 |
| Asphyxia |
7 |
| Ascites |
24 |
| Asthma |
3 |
| Bronchitis |
93 |
| Catarrh |
55 |
| Constipation |
5 |
| Diarrhea , Chronic |
4000 |
| Diarrhea Acute |
817 |
| Debilitas |
198 |
| Dipththeria |
3 |
| Dyspepsia |
2 |
| Diabetes |
1 |
| Dysenteria |
1384 |
| Erysipelas |
11 |
| Febris Typhoides |
229 |
| Fistula |
2 |
| Fracture |
1 |
| Febris Remittens |
177 |
| Gonorrhea |
3 |
| Gangrene |
678 |
| Hydrocele |
1 |
| Hemorrhoids |
1 |
| Jaundice |
9 |
| Laryngitis |
4 |
| Nostalgia |
7 |
| Nephritis |
4 |
| Phtisis |
54 |
| Pleuritis |
54 |
| Pneumonia |
321 |
| Paralysis |
1 |
| Rheumatism |
83 |
| Scurvy |
3574 |
| Syphilis |
7 |
| Scrofula |
3 |
| Sunstroke |
52 |
| Small Pox |
68 |
| Vaccine Ulcers |
4 |
| Gunshot wounds |
155 |
| Unknown |
443 |
| Hung in the stockade |
6 |
| Total |
12,912 |
Referance: " The Southern Side " by R. Randolph Stevenson Chief Confederate Surgeon Andersonville Stockade Pg. 404
