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The Woman's Relief Corps, the Grand Army of the Republic's women's auxiliary, paid off the debt on the former prison grounds in the 1890s and preserved them, later deeding the site to the federal government as a lasting memorial to the men who suffered here.
Patriotic Work of the National Woman's Relief Corps is a historical marker in Andersonville, Macon County. It is one of 13 historical markers documented in Macon County, among 35 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.1966, -84.1289 near Andersonville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Andersonville National Historic Site (national park site), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 27th Bombardment Group, Pigeon-Roosts, and National Prisoner of War Museum.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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