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Andersonville National Historic Site – Georgia (2024)

Images of Andersonville National Historic Site – Georgia, taken in June 2024.

Andersonville National Historic Site marks the location of one of the most notorious Civil War prison sites, and houses the National Prisoner of War Museum dedicated to all United States Prisoners of War.

Erected in February 1864, the Andersonville Prison Pen was initially 16.5 acres and expected to hold approximately 10,000 northern prisoners. It was expanded to 26.5 acres by July and by August it held over 32,000 men. With an inadequate and polluted water supply, a lack of food and medical support, and a lice and maggot infestation, the overcrowded prison pen quickly became a death sentence for many imprisoned there. Almost 13,000 northern Civil War prisoners died in 14 months, most from disease and starvation.
Memorial Wall and statue at the visitor center in Andersonville NHS
Memorial Wall and statue at the visitor center in Andersonville NHS 		North Gate Reconstruction in Andersonville NHS
North Gate Reconstruction in Andersonville NHS		 Northeast Corner Reconstruction and example prisoner shelters in Andersonville NHS
Northeast Corner Reconstruction and example prisoner shelters in Andersonville NHS		 Prisoner shelters (aka, Shebangs) at the Northeast Corner Reconstruction in Andersonville NHS
Prisoner shelters (aka, Shebangs) at the Northeast Corner Reconstruction in Andersonville NHS		 Northeast Corner Reconstruction with guard towers (aka, Pigeon-Roosts) in Andersonville NHS
Northeast Corner Reconstruction with guard towers (aka, Pigeon-Roosts) in Andersonville NHS
Guard tower along the Northeast Corner Reconstruction in Andersonville NHS
Guard tower along the Northeast Corner Reconstruction in Andersonville NHS		 ‘Deadline’ marker; if crossed, prisoners were killed, in Andersonville NHS
‘Deadline’ marker; if crossed, prisoners were killed, in Andersonville NHS		 Stockade Branch of Sweetwater Creek and the only source of water in Andersonville NHS
Stockade Branch of Sweetwater Creek and the only source of water in Andersonville NHS		 Well marker for a prisoner dug well in Andersonville NHS
Well marker for a prisoner dug well in Andersonville NHS		 Remains of a prisoner tunnel in Andersonville NHS
Remains of a prisoner tunnel in Andersonville NHS
Ohio Prison Monument in Andersonville NHS
Ohio Prison Monument in Andersonville NHS		 Overlooking the 26.5 acres prison pen in Andersonville NHS
Overlooking the 26.5 acres prison pen in Andersonville NHS		 Monument to the Providence Spring in Andersonville NHS
Monument to the Providence Spring in Andersonville NHS		 Providence Spring Memorial Fountain in Andersonville NHS
Providence Spring Memorial Fountain in Andersonville NHS		 Clara Barton Monument in Andersonville NHS
Clara Barton Monument in Andersonville NHS
Overlooking the site of the prisoner pen in Andersonville NHS
Overlooking the site of the prisoner pen in Andersonville NHS		 View outward through the North Gate Reconstruction in Andersonville NHS
View outward through the North Gate Reconstruction in Andersonville NHS		 Cannon outside of the prisoner pen in Andersonville NHS
Cannon outside of the prisoner pen in Andersonville NHS		 Defensive prison earthworks in Andersonville NHS
Defensive prison earthworks in Andersonville NHS		 Cannons in the Star Fort outside the prison pen in Andersonville NHS
Cannons in the Star Fort outside the prison pen in Andersonville NHS
Star Fort earthworks at the southeast corner of the prison pen in Andersonville NHS
Star Fort earthworks at the southeast corner of the prison pen in Andersonville NHS		 Statue at the entrance to the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Statue at the entrance to the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS		 Memorial to the Unknown Soldier at the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Memorial to the Unknown Soldier at the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS		 Flags line the main road at the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Flags line the main road at the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS		 Andersonville prisoner grave markers in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Andersonville prisoner grave markers in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Grave markers for Andersonville prisoners in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Grave markers for Andersonville prisoners in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS		 Unknown Soldier grave marker in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Unknown Soldier grave marker in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS		 Markers of the five ‘Raiders’, prison gang leaders, hung in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Markers of the five ‘Raiders’, prison gang leaders, hung in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS		 Monument to World War II, Stalag XVII war prisoners, in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Monument to World War II, Stalag XVII war prisoners, in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS		 Andersonville prisoner grave markers in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS
Andersonville prisoner grave markers in the National Cemetery in Andersonville NHS

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