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Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum

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Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum
Phone:
+1 229-924-0343

Hours:
Sunday8am - 5pm
Monday8am - 5pm
Tuesday8am - 5pm
Wednesday8am - 5pm
Thursday8am - 5pm
Friday8am - 5pm
Saturday8am - 5pm


The Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Andersonville, Georgia, preserves the former Camp Sumter , a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final twelve months of the American Civil War. Most of the site lies in southwestern Macon County, adjacent to the east side of the town of Andersonville. As well as the former prison, the site contains the Andersonville National Cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum. The prison was made in February 1864 and served to April 1865. The site was commanded by Captain Henry Wirz, who was tried and executed after the war for war crimes. It was overcrowded to four times its capacity, with an inadequate water supply, inadequate food rations, and unsanitary conditions. Of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners held at Camp Sumter during the war, nearly 13,000 died. The chief causes of death were scurvy, diarrhea, and dysentery.
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