Andersonville was often referred to as the death camp of the south, but the union. Had Chicago p.o.w. camp that had an even higher percentage of death.
@KurtG-nn2cz2 күн бұрын
4454 dead at Camp Douglas versus 13,000 at Andersonville. Do percentages really matter ?
@Atpost3342 күн бұрын
Seldom mentioned, but very true.
@limbiclove94872 күн бұрын
It is estimated about 4000-7000 died at Camp Douglas which held about 30.000 prisoners of the Civil War from the Confederacy. Many died from Small Pox and other diseases along with really horrible conditions. What struck me was that Florence S.C. Prisoner of war camp was considered worse than Andersonville. I've been to Florence and it is a beautiful place but it's history is not pretty. When I visited family near there I had no idea of that history. These tours by Joe and Nic are very good at leading us to do research.
@ronnieblack7726Күн бұрын
My Great Grandpa was in the Chicago prison and he lost over half his body weight and got so thin he was able to escape
@cunit8020 сағат бұрын
Same as Elmira. It's like the liberals of today that keep information from being told.
@susiekirk15892 күн бұрын
My Great Grandfather fought for the Union during the Civil War. He was a POW taken by the South. But escaped and survived. We have his Civil War diary copy. Very touching to read. Thanks for sharing this. It helps to be able to picture how it was for him.
@Jay-h7d3qКүн бұрын
Don't worry, y'all came back and destroyed every farm and town
@susiekirk15892 сағат бұрын
@@Jay-h7d3q I think its extremely sad that the Civil War happened at all, actually.
@marcomcdowell8861Күн бұрын
Small towns with a strong community, good leadership, and civic pride, come together to make sure the place they call home is taken care of. And thank you for the visit to Andersonville. You're literally the first person, be it mainstream or KZbin, that has physically shown the actual town. It's always documentaries showing old photos and some guy yammering on with era music in the background.
@everydaypresent444Күн бұрын
Just got home from work and popped on to see your latest. That Civil War POW camp and the nearby museum are absolutely gut wrenching (as they should be). To see man's inhumanity to man, it's right there. As usual, your delivery and narration and camera work are spot on, bringing us right there. Georgia has amazing peaches. Up here in the Upper Midwest there is a company that brings them to us every summer by the truckload and we can purchase them in 30-pound boxes. Thank you again for another compelling vicarious excursion, Joe.
@kraigrogers8946Күн бұрын
Greatly appreciate you sharing your travels. Otherwise would never see these locations. Have a safe holiday season.
@catlover6142 күн бұрын
A great video as always! Lots of fascinating history. The Peach mural is beautiful! Thanks so much, Joe and Nic.😊💚
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip2 күн бұрын
Thank you, CL!! 👍❤️
@peterparr30792 күн бұрын
Thanks for the tour of Andersonville really interesting. I live in Britain and have visited Gettysburg so find the civil war interesting. Also some one still cares in the rundown down towns to put xmas decorations up.
@abnrgr75692 күн бұрын
Andersonville is a must visit. It was hell for all involved. Food ,water scarce
@TessaRucker2 күн бұрын
I just love the history that you provide with your videos. Good job! Hi to Nic!! 👋
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip2 күн бұрын
Thank you, Tessa!
@WhittyPics2 күн бұрын
I wouldn't have any idea how to dig all that up like he does
@pouledu62702 күн бұрын
I enjoyed this video. I was a senior in a high school located in the deep South in 1960. I chose to read Andersonville - the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Mackinlay Kantor, as a project to recognize the Civil War centennial. This heavily researched historical novel tells the heartbreaking story of this notorious Georgia prison, and the people whose lives were impacted by the day-to-day fight for survival. A great book for those who have an interest in American history…. Merry Christmas … and best wishes for the New Year!
@lindylou3519Күн бұрын
I read that book when we lived in TN about 35 yrs ago…I couldn’t put the book down. Was so good! Years later we moved down to middle GA & the first thing we did was visit Andersonville.
@pouledu6270Күн бұрын
@@lindylou3519 Yes.. If you enjoyed this historical novel, check out Kantor’s book .. Spirit Lake.. Merry Christmas
@ryanwinchester1296Күн бұрын
Was one of our very last stops back in Georgia 2017, Andersonville. Thanks for the awesome video, Joe. Look forward to the next ones.
@joebehrdenver2 күн бұрын
Two ancestors on my mothers' side were POWs at Andersonville (Illinois Union army). They both survived, thankfully. Hope to get to the Historic Site someday.
@gatorgogo2742Күн бұрын
The part about Andersonville was hard to watch. My heart was breaking for men long gone. Thanks for showing us this area.
@leospring62642 күн бұрын
Nice homes in Marshallville for 65K. Always relaxing, fun and interesting. Thanks for your good work Nic.
@cecoya2 күн бұрын
Lived in GA back in the mid 80's, I loved it back then. Really large houses for cheap rent. Quiet sleepy little neighborhoods. It seemed like a great place back then too. Thanks for sharing and you have a great day
@LarryHeagren2 күн бұрын
A very nice video. My buddy always wanted me to see Andersonville as we are both Civil War buffs and both saw the Union Civil War Prison on Pea Patch Island in Delaware. Thanks for getting me to Andersonville. I do appreciate your historical bent videos.The ones you did in Dover Delaware and the visit to the Naval Academy in Annapolis have been some of my favorites. I know your average viewer prefers the Zombie Apocalypse stuff so thanks for sprinkling in a few of the historical ones. Your camera work on this one was impeccable as usual. Thanks again for the entertainment.
@JoeandNicsRoadTripКүн бұрын
Thank you, Larry!!
@Maxdekriek2 күн бұрын
Thank you for showing us around..again... and i wish you and youre family a verry merry chrismas...🎅😁👌.... Greetsz from friesland...max...👍😉😊🎅😎
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip2 күн бұрын
Merry Christmas to you as well, Max!
@lucydeantiguatarot89772 күн бұрын
Love the historical component of the video. Woul love to see more of this history. thank you
@paulusgnome2 күн бұрын
I have been very much enjoying your videos for some months now, watched nearly all of them. To this foreigner (New Zealand) the things you have shown are a real eye-opener, a side to the US that we haven't seen before. My only suggestion for improvement is to take some time to chat with the locals where possible, they are interesting too.
@lauradavis252021 сағат бұрын
This was an eye opener for me. I’m grateful and sad to learn about the tragedy of the Andersonville prison. Your videos show that each small town has a unique value. Thank you so much for cat sightings - they are such a joy and make me chuckle! 🐈⬛😹
@debbizill98352 күн бұрын
My husband's great-grandfather was prisoned in Anderson and survived. When we visited the area, I was amazed at how small the space was after learning how many people were in there. Very sad conditions. 😢
@twinsig23 сағат бұрын
Joe. Thank you for the tour & the story. The wife and i will be doing our springtime motorcycle through there in route to the walking dead tour. Nice job!
@robertmoore20492 күн бұрын
I love these small towns y’all go to, especially in the Southern states where I live. Thanks, Joe and Nicole. P.S. Nicole has pretty hair. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 😊!!
@sandymillman5706Күн бұрын
We watched an older video of yours today when you where in Lineville Alabama. There was a huge tower along the road that you didn’t know what it was. We think it was a shot tower. They were used in the Civil War to make shot and bullets for guns and cannons. The reason why we’re pretty sure that’s what it is because there is one (shot tower)in Dubuque Iowa. We live close by Dubuque. We enjoy your videos immensely! Thank you & Merry Christmas 🎄
@musclem082 күн бұрын
I just love your channel!! You do a great job making it interesting. Thank you 🙏
@JoeandNicsRoadTripКүн бұрын
Thanks!!!
@mamasinger49Күн бұрын
Really loved this. Although they are small towns they have big personalities. I thought they had some lovely architecture and history, I especially loved the historical sites and the downtowns. Thank you for bringing us along with you again!
@HannaloreJohnsonКүн бұрын
Well they have definitely upgraded the place since I seen it 30+ yrs ago! Took my son to see it and then went to see the "Moveing Wall" to find my Father's name from Vietnam. It was on a Memorial weekend and very, very crowded!
@RosannJasso-ku1vx2 күн бұрын
Alway heard of Andersonville thanks, I finally got to see it.
@jillwiegand42572 күн бұрын
I really enjoy your content! Living near Savannah I'm a big history buff! I love learning about history in other locations in my state. ❤
@georgeburns7251Күн бұрын
Nice houses. I had a feeling crime would be low when there was no graffiti or garbage piled along the roads. Nice road trip.
@kimmic32352 күн бұрын
Wow love all your videos. ❤
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip2 күн бұрын
Thank you!!!
@jamespeeks154210 сағат бұрын
I liked your coverage of Andersonville. I have been there and made a 30-minute video of the POW museum, camp, and cemetery.
@RobinGerhart2 күн бұрын
Very interesting, glad to come along for the ride!😊
@EmansAdventuresКүн бұрын
Another great video, thank you,
@vontaylor4722 күн бұрын
Love this video❤. I live in Stone Mountain GA
@magnamanv45Күн бұрын
I read the book Andersonville. Worth reading. It was said that the living conditions were so bad and nasty, that if you got just a cut or open wound, you would die from infections. Plus, when the prison was built, they picked that location because of all the pine trees and a creek that ran through the middle of it. They had prisoners cut down all the trees to make the wall. the prison covered 18 acres of land. They thought by having the creek run through the middle, they would always have fresh water. But, that didn't work because all the prisoners would urinate and defecate in the creek making it undrinkable.
@twinsig23 сағат бұрын
Yes. I also read the book
@ZED-00Күн бұрын
I like the history and stats. Thanks
@thesearcher1182 күн бұрын
We visited Andersonville in AUG 2001. Spent the night in Americus during an electrical storm. Nothing has changed. Very interesting to see it all again.
@kekekapri2 күн бұрын
Interesting.... Someday I hope visit to here
@georgeburns7251Күн бұрын
Remember reading a number one selling book called Andersonville about 1963 or so. Couldn’t sleep for a long time.
@mohsinmoazzam-m6jКүн бұрын
once again nice work
@Go4Corvette2 күн бұрын
Thanks 👍 😊
@RednecjeremyКүн бұрын
You should check out the town of Blue Eye in Missouri.
@harpgregory67Күн бұрын
Please come back to Wichita Kansas and reach out to me to show you some beautiful houses that you miss on your last visit..Kansas is Beautiful
@siphomogale7792 күн бұрын
When it comes to touring rural area you the best
@seeker65982Күн бұрын
I’m a long-time subscriber. Would you consider doing some videos on the small towns in the lost coast region of northern cal?
@JoeandNicsRoadTripКүн бұрын
Working on that, most likely this summer.
@seeker659828 сағат бұрын
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Thank you! I’m really looking forward to it. Stay safe!
@carymarshallfelton91882 күн бұрын
I go down there for Memorial Day from Atlanta to pay my respects. My family the Felton's are from there pre Emancipation.
@jjarmКүн бұрын
Love your tours Joe. That crazy high healthcare number (133) is pretty scary among a poverty stricken community.
@andrewward5891Күн бұрын
Georgia is one of the states that refused to accept the Medicaid expansion which keeps health costs high for low income folks.
@tudo8412Күн бұрын
I can’t believe you two came to Montezuma where I lived for 20 years (2001-2021). Let me clarify why there are 3% Asians there…officially it’s Vietnamese people who work chicken farms (100%) raising chickens for Tyson & Perdue company of which I am one now retired. At 11:00 minutes BREAD OF LIFE SOUP KITCHEN is a place that provides “free meals” for the poor. Established by Churches in that area and takes turns providing each Church one day including Montezuma Catholic Church of which my wife and I are members. It was an Emotional Experience to watch this video where we had a PEACEFUL LIFE that we didn’t want to leave but didn’t have a choice because both our parents and siblings are in Baton Rouge. Thanks Joe & Nic so much and wish you both good health and peaceful. 🍀
@joedangelo56402 күн бұрын
A lot of people blame Lincoln for Andersonville. That's because in an effort to end the war, the Union decided to not exchange prisoners in 1863. That is because prisoners captured by the Union were irreplaceable in the South. Officially, it was because of the treatment of black prisioners of war in the South, but the number of black soldiers and black prisoners really doesn't line up. Regardless, it led to swelled military prisons, and eventually things like Andersonville.
@patm55942 күн бұрын
Loved the history lesson on the POW museum.
@limarc19852 күн бұрын
Thank you until your next adventure
@RRR-hj6bt2 күн бұрын
About 56,000 soldiers died in prisons during the war, accounting for almost 10% of all Civil War fatalities. During a period of 14 months in Camp Sumter, located near Andersonville, Georgia, 13,000 (28%) of the 45,000 Union soldiers confined there died. At Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois, 10% of its Confederate prisoners died during one cold winter month; and Elmira Prison in New York state, with a death rate of 25%, very nearly equaled that of Andersonville. Before we condemn continue research and consider the resources that each side had. Also consider who stopped the prisoner swap.
@commonsense51932 күн бұрын
Nice one again, Joe.
@doogalloonni2 күн бұрын
Lotta history in a Little Town.
@JS-jh4cyКүн бұрын
That town has grown in over 140 years that is bizarre, an real estate dessert, for real estate brokers who would be just broke
@JS-jh4cyКүн бұрын
Typo.. has not grown... damn autocorrect phone
@doneggerton73132 күн бұрын
My wife Barbara wants you to go by Nahunta, GA. It is a cool little town. This is where her grandmother is from and grew the best vegetables in the world.
@sugarplumenigma48502 күн бұрын
Nahunta
@doneggerton73132 күн бұрын
@ you are right I am an engineer and can’t spell my way out of a wet paper shack. Lol
@sugarplumenigma48502 күн бұрын
Glad to help 😊
@SniperLogic2 күн бұрын
I’m not far away from there, in an Altamaha river swamp. 😂 👍 Love the solitude. Been here 65 years.
@carsonreno2 күн бұрын
In the towns you visited, the biggest decrease in population movements seems to have occurred in the 2010 census. Could such population movements in 2010 be the results of the 2008 economic crisis?
@frederickmuhlbauer94772 күн бұрын
Things were worse in 2010 than in 2008 in my area The coming credit bubble bust will be ten times worse Got Gold?
@davidroberson80302 күн бұрын
??? Good question man.
@diamondbeats20242 күн бұрын
Exactly
@robatsea200921 сағат бұрын
Had the chance to enjoy some of the delicious Georgia peaches this past summer. Our BC crops (largely grown in the Okanagan Valley) were devastated by a sudden severe deep freeze in January when it dropped below -25 Celsius, killing most of the stone fruit crops. Brutal for the wine industry as well. Produce markets had to rely on imports for the summer season, so it was a benefit of a truly unfortunate situation to have the Georgia peaches available for a few weeks.
@lillypad99602 күн бұрын
Joe, SO MANY fun facts, as always. Thanks, and Merry, blessed Christmas to all from Michigan.
@sandymillman5706Күн бұрын
PS we’ve been to Andersonville twice!!!! Plains is just down the road another interesting small town.
@Yawndave2 күн бұрын
Interesting thumbnail choice for this video, it definitely got my attention. I'm somewhat of a collector of photo stand-ins so it's neat to see the ones in front of the visitor center. (I wonder what kids are told about the place when their pictures get taken). In Montezuma, the house at about 14m14s strikes me as a good illustration of a "tar paper shack". I think it goes without saying that any episode with both a cat and a man cave-worthy sign is a good one. Happy trails!
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip2 күн бұрын
Thanks, YD. Yeah, I thought I would try something different with the thumbnail. Unfortunately, it’s not working. This video is performing poorly - 25% lower views than what my videos normally get as of right now and it’s sinking lower. Oh well. ☹️
@robertmoore20492 күн бұрын
@@JoeandNicsRoadTripI’m sorry to hear that. Is it because of all the history that some people may find boring? I love the video, Joe, I found it interesting. Thank you for bringing us here to the prison camp and the other places in your excellent video. Please give Nicole our regards.
@tapankumarmisra69092 күн бұрын
As always love ur videos. "Satyayug" will start from 20 Jan...I know that term is unfamiliar, but pls look up..good days from 20 Jan. Lots of love
@Revolver1701Күн бұрын
This is the area where I grew up. My family were rural and poor. I was able to go to college and move away. So I did. The last working ferry in Georgia was in Marshallville. It crossed the Flint River. I rode it as a boy. That was a long time ago.
@Neilsowards2 күн бұрын
There is a fascinating book by MacKinlay Kantor called Andersonville. It is historical fiction. I read it many years ago. It takes you right in to the prison conditions and what happened. It is interesting in the comments below that there were prisons worse than Andersonville, but maybe they dont have books written about them.
@goodcitizen45872 күн бұрын
Very cool.
@richardbruce8111Күн бұрын
Really nice video to set me up for Xmas! that Marshalville was swell ! theres an ol time Yank expression for you. ! So good to see such a "poor" town ..SO neat ...NO FENCES! & so many black ladies fronting households >>>>NO Graphotti ! Maybe they can teach something They sure show the way to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!...sure hope so Thanks again from Ol Guy New Zealand
@michaelhager28462 күн бұрын
Thank you 😊
@andrewward5891Күн бұрын
I thought it was odd there was a confederate monument in a town that’s 2/3 black. But then I saw the fancy homes around the monument. This is the white section of town. And the traitor statue is not so subtle warning for blacks to keep out.
@allensmith90122 күн бұрын
I had a great friend , George Matuch , he was a W.W.II P.O.W. he was a pilot that was shot down and captured in North Africa in 1942. He was a Chemical Engineer in Toccoa, Georgia for many years. He passed away in the early 90's and is buried at the Andersonville Cemetery .
@randyhewett22922 күн бұрын
We have been to Anderson ga and seen all of the sites you shown great place they do a reenactment of the Civil War there in that tourist town once a year there was a old jail and town behind wall what up front my sister lives in americus not far from Anderson
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip2 күн бұрын
Cool!!!
@raymonddriggers2 күн бұрын
In a way that’s a lot of money because there’s nowhere to spend your money so more than likely you are going to save it. Factor in rent there or homeownership. There is very low payments is there any connection between the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli as sung in the Marine choir hymn?
@jeffreywhite22722 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip2 күн бұрын
Thanks, Jeffrey!
@davidforbes2366Күн бұрын
Elmira New York had a Union POW camp with equally as bad conditions.
@WORLD_NATURE_FAN2 күн бұрын
These are amazing videos and I like Georgia. It's right above me as I am from North Florida.
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip2 күн бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@simonhenry381512 сағат бұрын
wow Joe - 45'000 people crammed into that little fort - that's no wonder there was so much death and pestilence
@SniperLogic2 күн бұрын
Check out the Altamaha River corridor. The Amazon of the south.
@skeletor91212 күн бұрын
My great great grandfather spent most of the Civil War locked up at Libby prison and was due to be transported to Andersonville when the war ended. Some of his stories past down to my grandmother were interesting yet heart breaking.
@KeithRowell2 күн бұрын
You have to visit ocilla and Fitzgerald while you are in the area. Smaller places nearby, mystic, irwinville, alapaha...
@daynacjones2 күн бұрын
Fitzgerald is very cute town, they have chickens running wild all over town that are protected by law. Would make a good trip.
@independentthinker89302 күн бұрын
Some were unjustly accused of brutality. It wasn't that they wanted to be that cruel, but the south just did not have the supplies to do better
@georgeburns7251Күн бұрын
They usually use the excuse they were just following orders. Just sickos
@independentthinker8930Күн бұрын
@georgeburns7251 no, didn't have the resources, also the reason they lost
@independentthinker8930Күн бұрын
@georgeburns7251 there is an old pow camp on top of a mountain not far from me. Very interesting even with only foundations and small structures left, commanding officer buried up there
@haroldcampbell333720 сағат бұрын
@@georgeburns7251 You might want to read up on it.
@af-np4pgКүн бұрын
Yaa Nicole.
@woodman14752 күн бұрын
LOVE your video, but this one was a little depressing, it goes to show you what some human beings can do to other human beings, you know the ones they buried in the trench had to die horrific death that just goes to show you when given the chance human beings can be worse than rabbit animals. BUT other than that it was a great video, see you on the next one.
@musclem082 күн бұрын
I kinda want to know the temperature also, if you could throw that in somewhere. I always wondered.
@judithanderson44195 сағат бұрын
Almost everyone may have relatives that died in Andersonville prison. Have two relatives that died in Andersonville prison
@morganm904047 минут бұрын
Stately homes there in Montezuma, GA.
@dianequick80332 күн бұрын
Love your channel and the cat count. Always looking for a small town to visit. Thank you for the tour.😊
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip2 күн бұрын
Thank you, appreciate it!!!
@ronniekubin19922 күн бұрын
This is a very good historical video. The video is very clear with good descriptions. Andersonville, Georgia. Amazingly preserved. It made me feel scared and sad at the same time. Thank you, Joe & Nic for your hard work
@jamesyoung22183 сағат бұрын
Note the crack about half way up, lightning strike so I have been told.
@jamesyoung22183 сағат бұрын
Revision to comment just entered...Note crack on Capt. Wirz monument about half-way up, it is from a lightning strike, so I was told.
@warrenscarlett930220 сағат бұрын
👍👍👍
@Jay-h7d3qКүн бұрын
The union destroyed the supplies. They did it themselves. The rebels were just as malnorished
@jereland8200Күн бұрын
I grew up about 60 miles from Andersonville. Wirtz was as much a victim as anyone. The South at that point of the war was being starved by the Union , there were no supplies to feed or treat the prisoners. The union pow camps were as bad or worse even though the union could have provided for the prisoners
@jamesyoung22183 сағат бұрын
There should be 4 graves away from the other prisoner graves. These were 4 prisoners who stole from others in the camp.
@Theolegaal2 күн бұрын
The people want to know why aren't there any people in the towns that you visit I'm just asking for the people and now I got to go
@diamondbeats20242 күн бұрын
He just don’t stop n talk he just drives
@e.palpatine246423 сағат бұрын
👌
@rikspector2 күн бұрын
Joe, Is it any surprise that the crime rate is so low in Frigidaire town? So sad:( Rik Spector
@JAMESPATTERSON-mk9sr2 күн бұрын
Gripping account of Andersonville prison. Those big , grand houses were probably passed down from wealthy fore fathers . I notched in the south there are few if any monuments erected for Lincoln , Grant , Sherman et al. Great research . Keep them coming , America is full of history ! Happy trails . lincoln
@haroldcampbell333720 сағат бұрын
Yeah, the only monuments of Yankees down here are in battlefield parks like Shiloh or Chickamauga. I reckon they ain't many monuments to Confederates up there.
@teresazufelt65102 күн бұрын
You're research about finding interesting places is awesome, hubby and I really enjoy your knowledge about where you go and what you find is never boring, we live in Kansas so we are very curious where you're going😀
@shoppinforprofit10684 сағат бұрын
My county, Sumter
@shoppinforprofit10684 сағат бұрын
Was just there laying wreaths
@1M005E1Күн бұрын
I'd rather live in a small town like this, then any city or place, where farmers relatives sell off all the property & 2 million dollae cardboard houses are erected.