A hormone secreted by the pancreas in response to high blood sugar levels that induces hypoglycemia. Insulin regulates the body's use of glucose and the levels of glucose in the blood by acting to open the cells so that they can intake glucose.
Open from 1864 to 1865, Camp Sumter Military Prison located at Andersonville was the deadliest single location for a U.S. soldier during the Civil War. View the brochure. Georgia was home to 16 Confederate prisons during the Civil War, including notorious Camp Sumter in Andersonville. They ranged from well-constructed fortifications, such as county jails, to makeshift installations, such as wooded areas patrolled by armed guards.
Information about Camp Lee in Richmond, VA during the Civil War. Also known as New Fairgrounds, or Camp of Instruction. Used as a training camp in the early part of the war, and consisted of several barracks type buildings that appear to have been used for garrison and hospital purposes later in the war. Located west of the city, north of Broad street at the present location of the area behind the Science Museum of Virginia (former Union Station). 10/30/1860; the upcoming cavalry encampment at the Central Fair Grounds will be called Camp Lee, fifteen companies to attend.