Civil War vet's son one of the last
by Athens Banner-Herald
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ELBERTON - Henry Victor Booth may be the only man alive whose father worked guard duty at Georgia's infamous Andersonville prison-of-war camp, where nearly 13,000 Union soldiers died during the Civil War that began 150 years ago.

He said that was the awfulest place he'd ever seen in his life - he said people were dying there like flies," Booth said.

Booth, who sometimes raises eyebrows when people learn he is the son of a Confederate soldier, has told the story many times over the years.

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