1901 - Providence Spring House - Andersonville NHS, Andersonville GA
N 32° 11.619 W 084° 07.785
16S E 770588 N 3565513
The Providence Spring House at the site of the infamous Andersonville Prison
Waymark Code: WMWJ1R
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2017
Views: 1
The Providence Spring House was erected by the Woman's Army Relief Corps in 1901. A plaque inside reads as follows:
"This pavilion was erected by the
WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS, AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
in grateful memory of the men who suffered
and died in the Confederate prison at
Andersonville Georgia, from
February 1864 to April 1865.
The prisoners cry of thirst rang up to heaven.
God heard, and with his thunder cleft the earth
and poured his sweetest waters gushing here.
ERECTED 1901"
Year of construction: 1901
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Full inscription:
This pavilion was erected by the
WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS, AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
in grateful memory of the men who suffered
and died in the Confederate prison at
Andersonville Georgia, from
February 1864 to April 1865.
The prisoners cry of thirst rang up to heaven.
God heard, and with his thunder cleft the earth
and poured his sweetest waters gushing here.
ERECTED 1901"
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