20. What nickname did the rebel prisoners use to designate Camp Douglas?
From Quiz Hell Hole: Camp Douglas
Answer:
Eighty Acres of Hell
During the Civil War, the press was broadly circulated in the South. Almost immediately, the facts of the atrocious prison were disseminated concerning its horrendous environment. Overcrowding, starvation, harmful conditions, despicable, torturous punishment, diseases, an extreme lack of medical attention, and death, led to Camp Douglas being regarded as a living hell on earth. A&E network, in conjunction with "The History Channel", produced a television documentary using the fitting nickname for its title, "Special: Eighty Acres of Hell" (2006). The Yankees called it, "The North's Andersonville". Andersonville was a prison located in Georgia where Union soldiers were held. According to the documentary, when the epidemic and infectious smallpox and pneumonia erupted, the South supplied Camp Douglas with free medicine for their incarcerated comrades, but the Union militia withheld it as smuggled goods of war. Eventually, all medical supplies were entirely cut off from the rebels. It is estimated that over 6,000 died and 1,500 were unaccounted for from February 1862 to November, 1865.