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Andersonville, Georgia, National Cemetery at Andersonville Civil War Prison Camp, vintage postcards photos

National Cemetery at former Confederate Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia vintage postcard

A vintage postcard picturing the National Cemetery located at the site of the former Civil War Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter), at Andersonville, Georgia. During a period of fourteen months, about 45,000 Union soldiers were held as prisoners of war at this infamous prison camp. Nearly 13,000 of those soldiers died while being held as prisoners, mostly of disease caused by unsanitary conditions, and were buried in the nearby cemetery. The first burials occurred in February 1864 and continued until the remaining prisoners were liberated in May, 1865. As can be seen in these views, the tombstones are very close together. This is the result of the bodies being buried without coffins in long trenches, shoulder to shoulder. These burials were marked by wooden stakes, each with a number that matched to a name (when known) which was recorded. The wooden markers were later replaced by permanent stones. This cemetery was later designated as the Andersonville National Cemetery and burials of former service personnel, their spouses and dependent children continue to today. There are now nearly 20,000 burials in the cemetery. This postcard view is from about 1910. See the additional views below.

Grave Section, National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia, vintage postcard

Another vintage postcard view of the Grave Section, National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia. See the additional view below.

Iowa Monument and Grave Section, National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia, vintage postcard, photo

The Iowa Monument and Grave Section, National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia.

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