Confederate Prison Camp Marker

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Blackshear in Pierce County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Confederate Prison Camp

Blackshear Prison Camp Marker Photo, Click for full size

By John Walker Guss, December 23, 2006

1. Blackshear Prison Camp Marker

Inscription. Here stood a Confederate prison camp for Union prisoners of war. Established about November 18, 1864, the camp held more than five thousand prisoners until the first week of January, 1865. These prisoners were brought here from camps at Millen and probably Andersonville to avoid the possibility of their being liberated by Sherman's troops who were then moving southward. The camp was at one time under the command of Colonel H. Forno. Other prisoners from Millen were transferred to camps at Savannah and Florence.

Erected 1956 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 113-2.)

Location. 31° 18.963′ N, 82° 14.962′ W. Marker is in Blackshear, Georgia, in Pierce County. Marker is on Blackshear Highway (Georgia Route 203) west of Moore Street, on the right when traveling west. Click for map. Located approximately ¼ of a mile southwest of Blackshear Elementary School. Marker is near Confederate Road. Marker is in this post office area: Blackshear GA 31516, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Pierce County (approx. 0.8 miles away); General Blackshear's Military Road (approx. 0.9 miles away); Okefenokee Swamp (approx. 9.2 miles away); Ware Court House (approx. 9.4 miles away); Senator Nicholas Ware (approx. 9.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Blackshear.

Blackshear Prison Site Photo, Click for full size

By John Walker Guss, December 22, 2006

2. Blackshear Prison Site

Credits. This page originally submitted on July 2, 2007, by John Walker Guss of Hillsborough, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,171 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2007, by John Walker Guss of Hillsborough, North Carolina. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.