Georgia
The Tour
In the last year of the Civil War, the collapse of prisoner exchanges turned Georgia into a landscape of overcrowded stockades. This route follows that grim chapter from the officers' prison at Macon to Camp Sumter at Andersonville, the deadliest prison of the war, and on to Camp Lawton near Millen. Treat these grounds with the solemnity of the tens of thousands of men who suffered and died here.
Andersonville & Georgia's Prison Camps is a self-guided driving tour of Andersonville, built around its civilwar side.
The walk covers 7 stops over about 215.0 miles and roughly 7 hours, entirely at your own pace. Each stop's story unlocks on your phone the moment you arrive — GPS-triggered, hands-free, no guide and no tour group to keep up with.