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Camp Sumter, opened in 1864, was the Confederacy's largest and deadliest prison. Of some 45,000 Union soldiers held here in about 14 months, nearly 13,000 died of disease, malnutrition, and exposure. It is now Andersonville National Historic Site.
Camp Sumter Confederate Prison Site is a historical marker in Andersonville, Sumter County, erected in 1988. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Sumter County, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.1956, -84.1341 near Andersonville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Captain Henry Wirz (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Wirz Monument, Saint James - Pennington Cemetery, and Kelley Cemetery.
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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