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Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, was a Confederate prison (POW camp) in Georgia that was built to house a large number of Union prisoners concentrated in and around Richmond, Virginia. Andersonville had no access to supplies. It was chosen because it was far inland and was a safe distance from raids from the North. Andersonville Prison was the largest Confederate prison and was known for its unhealthy conditions and high death rate of Union soldiers. What is an ironic conclusion that can be drawn about Andersonville Prison?
The ironic that can be deducted from Andersonville Prison is that Confederacy who built the camp could afford to move a large number of prisoners hundreds of miles to Andersonville Prison but yet they could not afford to feed and house the prisoners.
"<span>the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand" is thought to be the spark that lit the powder-keg </span>of war at the beginning of the 20th century. A dense web of alliances was set off from this shooting.
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So the history of Colombia includes the settlements and society by indigenous peoples, most notably, the Muisca Confederation, Quimbaya Civilization, and Tairona Chiefdoms; the Spanish arrived in 1499 and initiated a period of annexation and colonization, most noteworthy being Spanish conquest of the Muisca; ultimately creating the Viceroyalty of New Granada, with its capital at Bogotá. Independence from Spain was won in 1819, but by 1830 the "Gran Colombia" Federation was dissolved. What is now Colombia and Panama emerged as the Republic of New Granada. The new nation experimented with federalism as the Granadine Confederation (1858), and then the United States of Colombia (1863), before the Republic of Colombia was finally declared in 1886. Panama seceded in 1903. Since the 1960s, the country has suffered from an asymmetric low-intensity armed conflict, which escalated in the 1990s, but then decreased from 2005 onward. The legacy of Colombia's history has resulted in one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse countries in the world giving rise to a rich cultural heritage; while varied geography, and the imposing landscape of the country has resulted in the development of very strong regional identities
