I did not know this about this area of Charleston. Sad this happened. By the end of the war, no one had much food, and enemy soldiers were not a high priority. Too bad a prisoner exchange deal was not brokered.
Yes, very sad. Thanks for the reply. A lot a great men lost their lives in the conflict. It's a wonder our country survived at all.
I have ancestors who fought on both sides. My West Virginia ancestors, formerly Virginia, choose the wrong side invested all they had in the Confederate cause. They lost it all.
I wish I had more time to study the Civil War, hopefully when I retire... One thing I do not understand though is about the food. Sherman's men cut their Union supply lines and they still found more than enough to eat in their march through Georgia. In fact they burned and destoyed far more than they consumed. So there was plenty of food in Georgia prior to the march. And yet 45000 men died in the Andersonville, GA prison, mostly because of starvation. I suspect some real Yankee hatred was going on as well.
Juxtapose this with the posh treatment Rebel POWs recieved at Pt. Lookout. /sarc