Andersonville National Historic Site (National Park Site)
Macon County
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The Story
Andersonville, officially Camp Sumter, was the largest Confederate military prison of the Civil War, opened in February 1864 in Macon County to hold captured Union enlisted men. Overcrowded to several times its intended capacity with grossly inadequate shelter, food, and water, roughly 13,000 of some 45,000 prisoners died of disease, malnutrition, and exposure; the prison's commandant, Capt. Henry Wirz, was tried and executed after the war. The site is now Andersonville National Historic Site, encompassing the prison grounds, Andersonville National Cemetery, and the National Prisoner of War Museum, the only U.S. museum dedicated solely to the American POW experience.
About this site
Andersonville National Historic Site is a national park site in Macon County, Georgia. It is one of 35 historic sites cataloged in Macon County on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.1978, -84.1297. The nearest cataloged historic site is Patriotic Work of the National Woman's Relief Corps (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 27th Bombardment Group, National Prisoner of War Museum, and Pigeon-Roosts.
This record is drawn from the National Park Service. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Andersonville, officially Camp Sumter, was the largest Confederate military prison of the Civil War, opened in February 1864 in Macon County to hold captured Union enlisted men. Overcrowded to several times its intended capacity with grossly inadequate shelter, food, and water, roughly 13,000 of some 45,000 prisoners died of disease, malnutrition, and exposure; the prison's commandant, Capt. Henry Wirz, was tried and executed after the war. The site is now Andersonville National Historic Site, encompassing the prison grounds, Andersonville National Cemetery, and the National Prisoner of War Museum, the only U.S. museum dedicated solely to the American POW experience.
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