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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OD8_the-expanded-stockade_Andersonville-GA.html
The unhewn logs with daylight between them betray the Confederates' haste to expand the north end of camp. In contrast, the reconstruction at the North Gate section show the carefully planned design of the stockade's initial 16 acres, when officia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OD7_shebangs_Andersonville-GA.html
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 matt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OD2_earthwork-defenses_Andersonville-GA.html
Half the cannon faced outward to defend against Union cavalry raids—spinoffs from Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. The other half were loaded with canister and trained on the prison grounds. When the prison was operating, deep ditches fronte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OD1_a-tight-stockade_Andersonville-GA.html
These carefully hewn, closely fitted logs reflect the deliberate design of the prison's initial sixteen and one-half acres. At the far northeast corner, haphazardly spaced tree trunks reveal the hasty construction of the camp's ten-acre addition. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OD0_world-of-lost-spirits_Andersonville-GA.html
When the inner gates swung open, new prisoners had their first vision of life inside. The noise, the stench, the crowd of emaciated men desperate for news, must have been overwhelming. New arrivals were known as "fresh fish." Anything of value&…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OCZ_star-fort_Andersonville-GA.html
Within this stronghold stood the offices of the post commander and the prison commandant. Fort and headquarters were symbols of power, but the fully enclosed earthworks also reflect the authorities' besieged state of mind. Hampered by supply short…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OCY_the-prison-hospital_Andersonville-GA.html
This empty field was the site of Andersonville's third and last hospital. There were two previous hospitals within nine months. It did not take prisoners ling to realize that few patients returned. Knowing that medicines were in short supply, e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OCX_the-commandants-perspective_Andersonville-GA.html
From these heights near headquarters, Capt. Henry A. Wirz could observe everything withing the prison walls. Envision the white post perimeters as the stockade; 30,000 human beings with that area; the din of all those voices, the groans from the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OCW_the-sinks_Andersonville-GA.html
This downstream end of Stockade Branch was the site of the camp "sinks" or latrines. According to the Confederates' original plan, prisoners would get drinking water upstream and use latrines downstream, where the current would flush sewage out of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NGU_the-raiders-graves_Andersonville-GA.html
These six graves were deliberately set apart; these six prisoners were buried with dishonor. Only enlisted soldiers were buried at Andersonville. With no Union officers to maintain order, life in the pen became anarchy. A gang known as the Raid…
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