[#3Fan]

The Park Service at Andersonville counts about ~13,000 dead for ~45,000 prisoners kept there. That is about a 29 % death rate, topping the 24 to 28% normally claimed for Elmira.

You said your link was probably the most accurate and they said 36,000, taking the rate to 39%.

IIRC, the stone carving made by the prisoners themselves showed that 51,000 to 52,000 prisoners were kept at Andersonville. That total would give a 25 to 26% death rate. Both prisons were horror shows.

Yes, and that's what I was asking for, some honesty on at least one subject there shouldn't be any disagreement over.

[rustbucket]

You said your link was probably the most accurate and they said 36,000, taking the rate to 39%

I said the 1903 count was more complete than Stanton's. And it was, because Stanton's prisoner count was missing a number of Southern prisons.

You are the only person I'm aware of that currently claims a 39% death rate. The prisoners who were there apparently didn't. The park service doesn't.

Overall, including what is known of all the prisons, the death rate appears to be in the 12 to 15% range for both sides (Source: Portals to Hell, Military Prisons of the Civil War by Lonnie L. Speer, 1997).

[rustbucket]

You said your link was probably the most accurate and they said 36,000, taking the rate to 39%

I said the 1903 count was more complete than Stanton's. And it was, because Stanton's prisoner count was missing a number of Southern prisons.

You are the only person I'm aware of that currently claims a 39% death rate. The prisoners who were there apparently didn't. The park service doesn't.

Overall, including what is known of all the prisons, the death rate appears to be in the 12 to 15% range for both sides (Source: Portals to Hell, Military Prisons of the Civil War by Lonnie L. Speer, 1997).