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Prisoners coined the bitter nickname 'pigeon roosts' for the elevated sentry boxes spaced along the stockade wall, where Confederate guards watched the 'dead line' and could shoot any man who crossed or even touched it.
Historical Marker
Pigeon-Roosts
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About this site
Pigeon-Roosts 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 32.1958, -84.1270 near Andersonville. The nearest cataloged historic site is 27th Bombardment Group (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Patriotic Work of the National Woman's Relief Corps, National Prisoner of War Museum, and Andersonville National Historic Site.
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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