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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E0B_national-prisoner-of-war-museum_Andersonville-GA.html
This building is a memorial to all Americans held as prisoners of war. Through exhibits and video presentations the museum is a reminder that American's freedoms can come at great cost.
The museum's architecture is not based on a specific plac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZWA_flint-river-farms-resettlement-project_Montezuma-GA.html
The Flint River Farms Resettlement Project was established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Resettlement Administration in 1937. The Project was one of many similar community resettlement projects organized throughout the South during the New…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWG3_patriotic-work-of-the-national-womans-relief-corps_Andersonville-GA.html
This Tablet is Erected in Commemorationof the patriotic work of the Women's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, in the preservation and improvement of this historic site, comprising 87 acres, of which 72.5 acres were acquire…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW82_lizabeth-a-turner_Andersonville-GA.html
Lizabeth A. TurnerPast National PresidentWoman's Relief CorpsAuxiliary to theGrand Army of the Republic—————————Life ChairmanAndersonville Prison BoardDied at AndersonvilleApril 27, 1907—…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW7B_gettysburg-address_Andersonville-GA.html
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that nation, or …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW79_father-peter-whelan_Andersonville-GA.html
Father Peter Whelan, an Irish-born Catholic priest from Savannah, arrived at Andersonville on June 16, 1864, to minister to the sick and dying. While other priests visited for brief periods, Whelan remained for nearly four months during the hottes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW6M_escape-tunnels_Andersonville-GA.html
The ground at this end of the prison is pocked with deep holes - either tunnels or wells. Overcrowding disguised the digging. Beneath the sea of tattered shelters, prisoners could work undetected with mess plates, spoons,and canteen halves.
It …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW6L_6-pounder-field-gun_Andersonville-GA.html
With these guns, a few guards were able to control thousands of prisoners. Canister could cut a wide swath through a crowd.
Gun tube:Bronze, 884 lbs.Smoothbore, diameter 3.67 inches
Projectile:Solid shot, Case shot, Canister
Range:Solid s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW6K_3-inch-ordnance-rifle_Andersonville-GA.html
These guns could defend against a cavalry attack. Loaded and aimed at the prison yard, Confederate cannon also discouraged mass escape.
Gun dataGun tube: Wrought iron, 817 lbs.Projectile: Shell and case shotRange: ½ mile with case shot
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQUQ_lanier-miona-springs_Oglethorpe-GA.html
Upon the chartering of Macon County, by an Act approved December 29, 1837, the town of Lanier was made the first county seat. Until 1854 it was a bustling center for many of the earliest settlers in the county including Georgia Senator and Brig. G…