View From A Pigeon-Roost-NPS-Macon Co
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Sprinterman
N 32° 11.683 W 084° 07.630
16S E 770828 N 3565638
Located on the road at the East side of the Andersonville Prison Site.
Waymark Code: WMAFXM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2011
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View from a Pigeon-Roost
This photograph was taken in August 1861 from a sentry box just down slope from here. The photographer was A.J. Riddle, who was preparing a report for the Confederate government.
Riddle's seven glass-plate negatives apparently were the only photographs taken of Andersonville prison during the war. Like a double exposure, the surviving photos superimpose the historic reality on today's pastoral scene. You are looking at the same piece of ground Riddle photographed.
The photograph shows the deadline, a camp road (North or Market Street), and the crowded shebangs. Shelters were more scattered in the swampy area near the creek.
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: none
Date: Unknown
Sponsor: National Park Service
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