of the army, daniel dailey. [ applause ]r. of the army, daniel dailey. [ applause ].he army, daniel dailey. [ applause ] >> it is a great day to be a soldier. ladies and gentlemen, welcome. i'm honored to be here today. as a history major, i am very excited about the opportunity to talk about what history teaches us about ourselves. history tends to remember the dates, the battles, the victories. it lauds the winners and favors grand action or monumental failure. but there are some places on the battlefield where dates and battles, winner and losers are matters of inconsequence. in these places, survival is the only thing of magnitude. this place, this ground we walk on today is such a place. during a period of 14 months at camp sumter, located not far from the town of andersonville, have 45,000 enlists union soldiers who were here confined on these grounds died here. andersonville is a place where survival was against the odds for those who entered the stockads. due to the disease and injury unchecked here, or they were inprisoned further by an emotional infirmary th

daniel. [applause] sergeant major dailey: it is a great day to be a soldier. ladies and gentlemen, welcome.y. as a history major, i very excited about the opportunity to talk about what history teaches .s about ourselves history tends to remember the dates, the battles, the victories. it lost the winners -- lauds the winners. there are some places on the battlefield where dates and , arees, winners and losers matters of inconsequence. is thee places, survival only place of magnitude. this place, this ground we walk on today, is such a place. months ateriod of 14 camp sumter, not far from orersonville, nearly 13,000, 20% of the 45,000 enlisted union soldiers, who were here, confined on these grounds, died here. andersonville is a place where survival was against the odds for those who entered the stockades. those who were blessed to leave did not have long in the world due to the disease that went unchecked here. tragedy, this humanitarian disaster, of insufficient food, shelter, and infamous inis now our civil war narrative. what i will remember today, and what i ask you to remember are the

daniel. [applause] sergeant major dailey: it is a great day to be a soldier. ladies and gentlemen, welcome.y. as a history major, i very excited about the opportunity to talk about what history teaches .s about ourselves history tends to remember the dates, the battles, the victories. it lost the winners -- lauds the winners. there are some places on the battlefield where dates and , arees, winners and losers matters of inconsequence. is thee places, survival only place of magnitude. this place, this ground we walk on today, is such a place. months ateriod of 14 camp sumter, not far from orersonville, nearly 13,000, 20% of the 45,000 enlisted union soldiers, who were here, confined on these grounds, died here. andersonville is a place where survival was against the odds for those who entered the stockades. those who were blessed to leave did not have long in the world due to the disease that went unchecked here. tragedy, this humanitarian disaster, of insufficient food, shelter, and infamous inis now our civil war narrative. what i will remember today, and what i ask you to remember are the