Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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Location: Andersonville, Georgia, United States
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History
March 1 1864 Sketch of Plans
The Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Andersonville, Georgia, preserves the former Camp Sumter (also known as Andersonville Prison), a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War. Most of the site lies in southwestern Macon County, adjacent to the east side of the town of Andersonville. As well as the former prison, the site also contains the Andersonville National Cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum.
Sketch by R.K.Seldon POW 1864
Location
Coordinates 32°12′23″N 84°7′24″W
Conditions
It was overcrowded to four times its capacity, with inadequate water supply, reduction in food rations, and unsanitary conditions. Of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners held at Camp Sumter during the war, nearly 13,000 men died. The chief causes of death were scurvy, diarrhea, and dysentery. Friends provided care, food, and moral support for others in their social network, which helped a prisoner survive.
Camp Sumter POW Survivor
Source: Wikipedia, 14 February 2014.
Cemetery Information
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Andersonville National Cemetery The cemetery is the final resting place for the Union prisoners who died while being held at Camp Sumter/Andersonville as POWs. The prisoners' burial ground at Camp Sumter has been made a national cemetery. It contains 13,714 graves, of which 921 are marked "unknown".
As a National Cemetery, it is also used as a burial place for more recent veterans and their dependents.
Visitors can walk the 26.5 acres (10.7 ha) site of Camp Sumter, which has been outlined with double rows of white posts. Two sections of the stockade wall have been reconstructed, the north gate and the northeast corner.
Sources
- Civil War Prisons; Andersonville Records: http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/search.php?database=andersonville
- A List of the Union Soldiers buried in Andersonville
- Wikipedia February 14 2013.
- Andersonville National Historic Site
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