it was a wooden stockade wall that surrounded the encampment. this is the east side, west and north. you can see the second stockade around it. this is to prevent tunnelling out. it was kind of a late war addition. the same can be said of the barracks. they were made for the sick, but they did not exist for much of the operation. these are the confederate encampments. some forts to prevent them from escaping. if they escaped it was a severe health risk to the people of georgia, as well as a roving army of starving men going from farm to farm looking for food. the main encampment was over here near the rail line. this here is probably one of the most important structures of the entire prison camp. that is the natural stream that flowed under the stockade wall into the camp. it was down river from the confederate encampment. so the confederates would use the head waters of the branch for their water supply and also for their animal waste and their own human waste and it would flow into the prison camp. then settle right about here. so essentially

it was a wooden stockade wall that surrounded the encampment. this is the east side, west and the north. and you can see a second stockade wall around it. this is to prevent tunnelling out. but this stockade wall was not around for much of its history. it was kind of a late war addition. the same can be said of these barracks. these barracks were made for the sick. but they did not exist for much of its operation. these are the confederate encampments, some confederate forts to prevent prisoners from escaping. because if they escaped, it was a severe health risk to the people of georgia as well as a roving army of starving men that would be going from farm to farm trying to look for food. the main confederate encampment was over here near the rail line. and this here is probably one of the most important structures of the entire prison camp, and that is the natural stream that flowed under the stockade wall and into the camp. and it was down river from the confederate encampment. so the confederates would use the head waters of this branch and b