Providence Spring: Faith and Survival at Andersonville

On this episode of Our American Stories, by the summer of 1864, Union prisoners at Andersonville were dying by the thousands. The Confederate prison camp in southwest Georgia had become one of the most infamous places in the Civil War, marked by starvation, disease, and a desperate lack of clean water.

Then came an event many survivors would never forget. After a violent storm and a prayer meeting among the prisoners, fresh water began flowing from the ground in what became known as Providence Spring.

Robert Morgan, author of 100 Bible Verses That Made America, shares the story of Andersonville and the moment that gave prisoners a renewed sense of hope.

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