Shebangs

Shebangs (HM1OD7)

Location: Andersonville, GA 31711 Macon County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 11.768', W 84° 7.635'

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Prisoner Shelters

Prisoners at Andersonville had to provide their own shelters. With sticks and pieces of clothing, the prisoners improvised leaky tents and lean-tos. Many prisoners had no shelter at all.

Protection from rain, dew, and broiling sun became a matter of life or death. Exposure aggravated the many illnesses and infections, and contributed to the soaring mortality rate.

"To reach the spring we had to pick our way through a wilderness of low mud huts and tattered tents. The huts were made out of clay balls, and the tents of old army blankets, fragments of old clothing, oilcloths, etc."
W.B. Smith, 14th Illinois Infantry, October 11, 1864

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The August 1864 photograph of this hillside shows a rough sea of improvised shelters, which the prisoners called "shebangs." Overcrowding created a prison within a prison: the men were confined by other living bodies as well as by stockade walls.
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HM NumberHM1OD7
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Friday, October 2nd, 2015 at 1:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 770816 N 3565795
Decimal Degrees32.19613333, -84.12725000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 11.768', W 84° 7.635'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 11' 46.08" N, 84° 7' 38.1" W
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Area Code(s)229
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Prison Site Rd, Andersonville GA 31711, US
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