Recapitulation of Deaths by States.
The following exhibit, as collated from the Hospital Register and Prison Records, will be found to be as correct as any yet published:
Total Number of Prisoners on hand at end of
Deaths in Stockade and Hospital during the Existence of the Prison.
[B]The greater number of deaths in September and October, in proportion to the number in prison, will be explained by the fact that all the well men were removed from Andersonville in these months, and none were left except the sick and wounded.
[B]The greater number of deaths in September and October, in proportion to the number in prison, will be explained by the fact that all the well men were removed from Andersonville in these months, and none were left except the sick and wounded.
Day and date of greatest number of Prisoners at Andersonville—33,114—August 8th, 1864.
Day and date of greatest number of deaths, August 23d, 1864, 127.
Number of Prisoners received during its occupation, 45,613.
Daily average of deaths during its occupation, 29¾.
Ratio of mortality per 1,000 of mean strength, 24 per cent.
Mortality of 18,000 registered patients, 75 per cent.
The Diseases of which the Prisoners died will be found in the following classification:
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