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Andersonville Historical Marker
- Andersonville Historical Marker
- Located in front of Depot Museum and Welcome Center
in Andersonville, Ga.
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- ANDERSONVILLE
The city of Andersonville was incorporated
in 1853 as the village center of a small farming community. It
came to national attention when Camp Sumter Prison opened here
in 1864 and especially when its commandant, Capt. Henry Wirz,
was tried for alleged crimes against humanity in 1865.
Today, the community proclaims
itself a "Civil War Village" and honors both the memory
of Union soldiers who suffered here and Confederate soldiers
who did their duty while experiencing illness and death in numbers
comparable to their unfortunate prisoners.
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on other side)
- THIS MARKER IS ERECTED
BY THE ANDERSONVILLE GUILD
- WHICH IS DEDICATED TO
THE RESOTRATION OF THIS CITY 1994
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- © Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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