Branch: Army Rank: Private Born: Died: August 14, 1864 Location: Andersonville GA Unit: 16th Regiment Infantry, Company A Final Resting Place: Andersonville National Cemetery James Beers was captured April 20, 1864 in Plymouth NC and held as a prisoner at Camp Sumter, commonly known as Andersonville. 45,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned at Camp Sumter. Private Beers was one of the 13,000 that died there