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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRFA_andersonville-father-peter-whelan_Andersonville-GA.html
(Side 1):The city of Andersonville was incorporated in 1853 as the village center of a small farming community. It came to national attention when Camp Sumter Prison opened here in 1864 and especially when its commandant, Capt. Henry Wirz, was tri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR0M_captain-henry-wirz_Andersonville-GA.html
Captain Henry Wirz, under the immediate command of Brigadier-General John H. Winder, C.S.A., absent on sick leave, August 1864, commanded the inner prison at Camp Sumter, April 12, 1864 to May 7, 1865. To the best of his ability he tried to obtain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQUW_camp-sumter-confederate-prison-site_Andersonville-GA.html
This was the site of the Confederacy's largest prison camp. During the 14 months it existed in 1864-65, over 45,000 Union prisoners were confined here. Of these 12,912 died from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, and exposure. Declining econo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7UH_stockade-branch_Andersonville-GA.html
This stream, a branch of Sweetwater Creek, was the prison's water supply. Today's neatly dredged channel is misleading. When the prison was built, the stockade posts slowed the current, turning the stream banks into acres of stagnant swamp. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7UF_providence-spring_Andersonville-GA.html
During a heavy rainstorm on August 14, 1864, a spring suddenly gushed from this hillside. The prisoners were desperate for fresh water, and over time the event became legendary. Several men claimed to have seen lightning strike this spot just befo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7UD_this-was-andersonville_Andersonville-GA.html
You are about to enter Andersonville, one of the largest Confederate prisoner-of-war camps. Of the 45,000 Union soldiers confined here, nearly 13,000 died. Beyond a walking tour of the stockade area, a visit to Andersonville involves an inner j…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7UC_the-north-gate_Andersonville-GA.html
The trail follows in the footsteps of newly arriving prisoners. Captured Union soldiers marched from the village railroad station, past this spot, and uphill to the North Gate, the main prison entrance. After prisoners passed through the outer …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7UA_monuments-and-memories_Andersonville-GA.html
At this corner of the prison, the state of Wisconsin erected a monument near the site where many Wisconsin prisoners had camped. Prisoners tended to form groups by state or regiment, to sustain morale. Look for other monuments on the prison sit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7U8_memorial-day-order_Andersonville-GA.html
Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7U4_national-womans-relief-corps-tribute_Andersonville-GA.html
This memorial erected in 1934 by the National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, as a tribute to the heroism of the sons of the following states who are buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Number of dead. …
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