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Daily Record of Deaths in Andersonville Prison Pen
as recorded by Jas. M. Bryant Superintendent of the Cemetery

Day	Feb. 1864	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan. 1865	Feb.	March	April
1.	. .	1	27	19	18	49	74	105	81	25	6	10	4	5	1
2.	. .	2	21	7	21	45	74	104	49	26	5	6	6	2	. .
3.	. .	1	21	27	30	43	74	112	41	28	5	6	7	6	. .
4.	. .	1	21	13	31	51	74	96	65	35	7	5	6	6	. .
5.	. .	7	27	29	27	42	90	97	46	33	4	5	7	2	3
6.	. .	4	22	12	34	32	103	105	49	35	9	7	8	8	. .
7.	. .	6	16	22	25	60	71	64	54	22	6	3	8	2	2
8.	. .	6	15	20	32	22	96	109	50	22	5	6	8	6	1
9.	. .	3	23	19	35	41	93	77	35	13	5	7	6	. .	1
10.	. .	. .	24	31	45	57	85	100	63	12	6	5	11	2	1
11.	. .	4	9	21	28	38	103	98	105	13	2	7	2	. .	1
12.	. .	3	27	17	30	54	81	111	75	11	12	8	3	12	. .
13.	. .	4	15	24	30	34	110	78	60	20	11	5	10	8	. .
14.	. .	3	27	26	55	57	113	102	78	13	4	5	5	4	1
15.	. .	5	19	29	80	42	120	83	23	22	6	7	2	8	. .
16.	. .	4	13	28	24	55	108	100	53	21	5	9	7	3	2
17.	. .	4	20	21	56	66	113	106	46	16	3	6	5	4	2
18.	. .	6	17	23	31	69	89	127	53	19	5	6	3	6	1
19.	. .	9	17	24	49	50	101	92	55	10	5	7	7	3	2
20.	. .	11	22	25	43	66	107	98	41	6	4	6	3	4	1
21.	. .	10	10	21	49	67	86	107	40	9	3	8	3	3	2
22.	. .	11	15	21	42	63	122	37	51	16	3	6	8	1	2
23.	. .	28	27	31	45	36	127	82	51	10	2	7	4	. .	2
24.	. .	12	15	29	50	69	102	77	67	12	7	3	1	3	. .
25.	. .	17	19	25	53	63	98	74	22	8	3	3	. .	5	2
26.	. .	20	19	27	53	65	103	49	71	13	10	10	5	. .	. .
27.	1	19	15	18	45	71	93	83	40	9	6	13	2	1	. .
28.	. .	18	24	28	45	80	89	75	37	9	2	5	6	. .	1
29.	. .	21	16	21	42	85	106	69	27	3	3	4	. .	3	. .
30.	. .	19	13	20	39	69	95	60	40	6	7	6	. .	. .	. .
31.	. .	23	. .	45	. .	96	92	. .	27	. .	4	6	. .	. .	. .
Monthly Total	1	282	576	723	1,187	1,731	2,994	2,677	1,595	499	165	197	147	108	28
Grand Total	1	283	859	1,582	2,769	4,500	7,494	10,171	11,766	12,265	12,430	12,627	12,774	12,882	12,910

These figures were sent to Chipman in 1910. Mr. Bryant stated that these numbers are merely an approximation, but are very close. The official death toll at Andersonville is given at 13,171. There are 12,912 graves marked or identified at Andersonville.

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Troy Drew created this table, reformatting a table in The Andersonville Prison Trial: The Trial of Captain Henry Wirz, by General N.P. Chipman, 1911.

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