view gallery S9 km | Luther Story Bridge-Dooly County in Georgia Historical Markers East end of Flint River bridge on Ga 27 posted by: Sprinterman location: Georgia date approved: 12/12/2010 last visited: 12/04/2010 |
view gallery S9.2 km | Luther Story Bridge - Sumter Co., GA in Georgia Historical Markers The Luther Story Bridge historical marker is located on the Sumter County side of the Flint River Bridge on GA 27. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Georgia date approved: 07/02/2008 last visited: 12/04/2010 |
view gallery W15 km | Clara Barton-WRC-Macon Co in Georgia Historical Markers Marker is at the intersection of Prison Site Road and Cemetery Road at the Andersonville Prison Site posted by: Sprinterman location: Georgia date approved: 01/11/2011 last visited: 07/29/2017 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | View From A Pigeon-Roost-NPS-Macon Co in Georgia Historical Markers Located on the road at the East side of the Andersonville Prison Site. posted by: Sprinterman location: Georgia date approved: 01/11/2011 last visited: 07/29/2017 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Pigeon-Roosts -- Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Georgia Historical Markers A Georgia historic maker about 'pigeon roosts" (guard towers) at Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville GA. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/15/2017 last visited: 07/29/2017 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Expanded Stockade -- Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Georgia Historical Markers This historic marker preserves the history of the stockade expansion at Andersonville National Historic Site at Andersonville GA. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/14/2017 last visited: 07/29/2017 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Stocks -- Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Punishment and Disciplinary Devices Stocks for imposing additional punishment on Union prisoners of war at Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville GA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/10/2017 last visited: 04/02/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | War Crimes against POWs -- Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Infamous Crime Scenes Andersonville Prison, known at the time as Camp Sumter, was one of the worst POW camps of the Civil War. Conditions at Andersonville were so bad that the Commandant, Confederate Captain Henry Wirz, was later tried and executed for war crimes. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/09/2017 last visited: 04/02/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Shebangs -- Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Georgia Historical Markers A Georgia historic maker about "shebangs" at Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville GA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/11/2017 last visited: 07/29/2017 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Andersonville NPS , Georgia in NPS Passport Cancellation Stations NPS Passport stamping station inside the National POW Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site. posted by: GA Cacher location: Georgia date approved: 04/13/2007 last visited: 04/02/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Andersonville National Historic Site , Georgia in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Andersonville, Georgia, was the location of Camp Sumter, a Confederate prisoner of war camp. During its 14 months of operation in 1864 and 1865, 45,000 Union prisoners were held here, and nearly 13,000 died and are buried in the National Cemetery. Andersonville is also the memorial to all prisoners of war in American history. The National Prisoner of War Museum tells the story of POW experiences from the American Revolution to the present. posted by: GA Cacher location: Georgia date approved: 04/13/2007 last visited: 04/02/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | NPS Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia in National Parks (U.S.) From the Revolutionary War to Operation Iraqi Freedom, American prisoners of war have endured untold hardships, and shown tremendous courage. Andersonville NHS commemorates the sacrifices of these brave Americans through exhibits in the National Prisoner of War Museum; preserves the site of Camp Sumter (Andersonville prison); and manages Andersonville National Cemetery. posted by: GA Cacher location: Georgia date approved: 04/13/2007 last visited: 04/02/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville GA in Veteran Cemeteries Andersonville National Cemetery was established to provide a permanent place of honor for those who died in military service to our country. The initial interments, beginning in February 1864, were those who died in the nearby prisoner of war camp. Today the cemetery contains nearly 18,000 interments. Andersonville National Cemetery, administered by the National Park Service, uses the same eligibility criteria as cemeteries administered by the National Cemetery Administration of the Departmen posted by: GA Cacher location: Georgia date approved: 07/06/2007 last visited: 04/02/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Andersonville National Historic Site - Andersonville GA in Satellite Imagery Oddities The Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Andersonville, Georgia, preserves the former Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter), a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 04/01/2022 last visited: 04/02/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | FIRST -- Prisoner Death & Burial at Andersonville, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in First of its Kind Adam Swarner, the first Union POW Prisoner to die at Andersonville, at the National POW Museum, Andersonville National Historic Site, Andersonville GA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/09/2017 last visited: 07/29/2017 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | National Prisoner of War Museum - Andersonville GA in Signs of History National Prisoner of War Museum-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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/14/2022 last visited: 09/14/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | POW Memorial -- National POW Museum, Andersonville GA in Vietnam POW/MIA Monuments A stunning POW memorial at the National POW Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/08/2017 last visited: 04/02/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | American Ex-Prisoners of War CoA -- National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Coats of Arms The coat of arms of the American Ex-Prisoners of War in he chapel of the National POW Museum, Andersonville National Historic Site, Andersonville GA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/13/2017 last visited: 07/29/2017 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | CPL Paul Jurkovic, USMC POW ID -- National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Remembering FEPOW The prisoner ID badge for CPL Paul Jurkovic, USMC is on display at the National POW Museum, Andersonville National Historic Site, Andersonville GA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/09/2017 last visited: 07/29/2017 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | LT Elwood Madsen USN POW ID -- National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Remembering FEPOW The POW ID of LT Elwood Madsen USN, on display at the National POW Museum, Andersonville National Historic Site, Andersonville GA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/09/2017 last visited: 07/29/2017 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | The Battling Bastards of Bataan -- National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Remembering FEPOW A memorial to the Bataan garrison, whose members were forced to fight for their lives in battle, on the Bataan Death March, on board the Hell Ships and in the POW camps run by the Japanese Imperial Army posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/09/2017 last visited: 09/14/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Hiroshima POWs -- National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials A plaque at the courtyard POW memorial at the National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA recalls the names of the Navy and Army POWs who died when the A-Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, where they were imprisoned posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/10/2017 last visited: 09/14/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | Hiroshima POWs -- National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in World War II Memorials / Monuments A plaque at the courtyard POW memorial at the National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA recalls the names of the Navy and Army POWs who died when the A-Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, where they were imprisoned posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/09/2017 last visited: 09/14/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | The Battling Bastards of Bataan -- National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in World War II Memorials / Monuments A memorial to the Bataan garrison, whose members were forced to fight for their lives in battle, on the Bataan Death March, on board the Hell Ships and in the POW camps run by the Japanese Imperial Army posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/09/2017 last visited: 09/14/2022 |
view gallery NW15.3 km | "The Battling Bastards of Bataan" -- National POW Museum, Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials A memorial to the Bataan garrison, whose members were forced to fight for their lives in battle, on the Bataan Death March, on board the Hell Ships and in the POW camps run by the Japanese Imperial Army. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Georgia date approved: 09/10/2017 last visited: 04/02/2022 |
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