| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Clara Barton |
| | In Commemoration of the Untiring Devotion of Clara Barton ———— She organized and administered efficient measures for the relief of our soldiers in the field, and aided in the great work of preserving the names of more than twelve thousand of the brave men who died here. — Map (db m12126) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Massachusetts |
| | Death Before Dishonor Erected by the Commonwealth in memory of her sons who died in Andersonville 1864-1865 — Map (db m12127) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Memorial Day Order — General Orders, No. 11. |
| | Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868 I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form or ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and . . . — Map (db m12140) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Michigan |
| | In Memorium Erected by the State of Michigan to her Soldiers and Sailors who were imprisoned on these grounds. 1861-1865. — Map (db m12129) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Monuments and Memories |
| | At this corner of the prison, the state of Wisconsin erected a monument near the site where many Wisconsin prisoners had camped. Prisoners tended to form groups by state or regiment, to sustain morale.
Look for other monuments on the prison site and in the national cemetery. Where so little historical evidence remains, symbols of commemoration have become an important part of Andersonville's physical and emotional landscape. In the photo below, veterans pose at the Connecticut Monument in the national cemetery. — Map (db m12142) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — National Woman's Relief Corps Tribute |
| | This memorial erected in 1934 by the National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, as a tribute to the heroism of the sons of the following states who are buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Number of dead.
Delaware 39
Kansas 4
Kentucky 417
Maryland 178
Missouri 104
New Hampshire 144
Vermont 244
West Virginia 256 — Map (db m12135) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Ohio |
| | (Front): To her 1055 loyal sons who died here in Camp Sumter from March 1864 to April 1865 this monument is dedicated. (Back): Death before Dishonor — Map (db m12130) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Providence Spring |
| | During a heavy rainstorm on August 14, 1864, a spring suddenly gushed from this hillside. The prisoners were desperate for fresh water, and over time the event became legendary. Several men claimed to have seen lightning strike this spot just before the spring burst forth. This damp slope, with its many natural seeps, would appear to be a likely site for a spring. Workmen may have inadvertently buried the spring's outlet while digging the stockade trench. Whether an act of nature or divine . . . — Map (db m12147) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Rhode Island |
| | [Front]
Our Honored Dead
Pvt. Charles N. Allen, Co. D, 1st Reg. Cav
Sgt. John H. Austin, Co. H, 1st Reg. Cav
Pvt. Frederick Bane, Co. A, 5th Reg. Art
Pvt. John W. Bidmead, Co. G, 1st Reg. Cav
Pvt. James Burke, Co. C, 1st Reg. Cav
Pvt. James Callahan, Co. C, 1st Reg. Art
Pvt. Patrick Carpenter, Co. E, 1st Reg. Cav
Pvt. George L. Clark, Co. H, 1st Reg. Cav
Pvt. James Colligan, Co. A, 2nd Reg. Inf
Pvt. Thomas Collins, Co. A, 5th Reg. Art
Pvt. James H. Collins, Co. A, . . . — Map (db m12131) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Stockade Branch |
| | This stream, a branch of Sweetwater Creek, was the prison's water supply. Today's neatly dredged channel is misleading. When the prison was built, the stockade posts slowed the current, turning the stream banks into acres of stagnant swamp. The prisoners' latrines stood downstream. Overcrowding soon foulded the water, and the sluggish current failed to wash sewage out of the prison. The stream's bacteria quickly became lethal. "This little creek was our only water supply, and when we would . . . — Map (db m12149) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Tennessee |
| | In memory of her Union soldiers and loyal sons who died in Confederate prisons during the War of 1861-65. ————— "We who live may for ourselves forget but not for those who died here." (1284 died) — Map (db m12132) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — The North Gate |
| | The trail follows in the footsteps of newly arriving prisoners. Captured Union soldiers marched from the village railroad station, past this spot, and uphill to the North Gate, the main prison entrance.
After prisoners passed through the outer door, it was barred behind them. Then the inner gate swung open on the prison yard. New arrivals, or "fresh fish" as they were often called, had no idea what awaited them there. "Five hundred weary men moved along slowly through the double lines of . . . — Map (db m12144) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — This Was Andersonville |
| | You are about to enter Andersonville, one of the largest Confederate prisoner-of-war camps. Of the 45,000 Union soldiers confined here, nearly 13,000 died. Beyond a walking tour of the stockade area, a visit to Andersonville involves an inner journey - to image prisoner's existence here and to discover the meaning of the place from the fragments that remain. Throughout the site there are clues to the high rate of mortality. "Then came the captives, weary, worn and hungry from prolonged travel . . . — Map (db m12145) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Andersonville — Wisconsin — Let Us Have Peace |
| | This monument erected by the State of Wisconsin in grateful remembrance to her sons who suffered and died - in - Andersonville Prison March 1864-April 1865 — Map (db m12133) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Marshallville — 49 E-2 — Home of Samuel Henry Rumph |
| | This house was built in 1904 as the residence of Samuel Henry Rumph (1851-1922), father of Georgia's commercial peach industry. A noted horticulturist, he originated the Elberta peach at his Willow Lake Nursery. three miles east, 1870- 1875. His invention, in 1875, of a peach shipping refrigerator and of the rigid mortised-end peach crate made practical the safe transit of fresh fruit. He developed many varieties of peaches and other fruits and was the first Georgian to grow and ship peaches on a commercial scale. — Map (db m9210) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Oglethorpe — 096-1 — Macon County |
| | This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 14, 1837, is named for Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina, President Pro-Tem of the U.S. Senate. The first County Site at Lanier was moved to Oglethorpe in 1854 to be on the railroad. Lanier became a “lost town” as did Travelers Rest whose people moved to the railroad at Montezuma two miles away. There was an unsuccessful effort in 1893 to move the County Site to Montezuma. At Willow Lake in this County Sam Rumph and his son Sam . . . — Map (db m27055) |
| Georgia (Macon County), Oglethorpe — 096-2 — Timothy Barnard |
| | Timothy Barnard, first white settler known to live on land now in Macon County, operated an Indian Trading Post on the west bank of the Flint River one mile southeast of here from pre-Revolutionary days until he died in 1820. For his loyalty to the American cause, his sons by his Uchee wife were give reserves in the County. Trusted by his Indian neighbors, he became Assistant and Interpreter to Benjamin Hawkins, Indian Agent. Through here he blazed Barnard’s Paths, principal early trails from . . . — Map (db m27185) |
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