GeorgiaAndersonville National Cemetery was established on July 26, 1865, on the grounds of the Confederate prison known officially as Camp Sumter, where nearly 13,000 of the roughly 45,000 Union soldiers imprisoned there died of disease, malnutrition, and exposure during 1864 and 1865. Many of the dead were originally buried shoulder to shoulder in trenches, and Clara Barton and former prisoner Dorence Atwater helped identify the graves after the war. The cemetery is one of three components of Andersonville National Historic Site, alongside the former prison site and the National Prisoner of War Museum, which opened in 1998. Still an active national cemetery, it holds more than 20,000 interments representing service members from across American history.
Andersonville Cemetery
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Andersonville Cemetery is a cemetery in Andersonville, Macon County. It is one of 15 cemeteries documented in Macon County, among 35 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.1946, -84.1418 near Andersonville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Andersonville National Historic Site (historic place), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Andersonville National Historic Site, Patriotic Work of the National Woman's Relief Corps, and New York State Monument.
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Andersonville National Cemetery was established on July 26, 1865, on the grounds of the Confederate prison known officially as Camp Sumter, where nearly 13,000 of the roughly 45,000 Union soldiers imprisoned there died of disease, malnutrition, and exposure during 1864 and 1865. Many of the dead were originally buried shoulder to shoulder in trenches, and Clara Barton and former prisoner Dorence Atwater helped identify the graves after the war. The cemetery is one of three components of Andersonville National Historic Site, alongside the former prison site and the National Prisoner of War Museum, which opened in 1998. Still an active national cemetery, it holds more than 20,000 interments representing service members from across American history.
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