Exploring Escape Routes

Explore visualizations below that tell the story of six individual parties and their journeys escaping Confederate prison camps.


To the right, you'll find a video made by Andrew Fialka documenting the trecherous terrain at Hogback Mountain that many escaped Union soldiers would have traveled through.


HogbackMountainFootPath.mp4

Explore Aaron Flory's Escape Route from Camp Groce

Read a biography of Flory here to learn more about his journey.

Explore Hannibal Johnson's Escape Route from Camp Sorghum

Explore W.L. F. Golway's Escape Route from Camp Groce

Explore the Wilkins Party's Escape Route from Andersonville

Explore the Mattock Party's Escape Route from Camp Sorghum

Explore Joseph Steel's Escape Route from Camp Sorghum