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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: 2009
Caption: Camp Lawton Interpretive Marker 1
Additional Description: ( Lower left )
Andersonville to Millen
As the summer of 1864 wore on, the death rate at Andersonville exploded. Confederate authorities decided to move prisoners from Andersonville to other locations. Winder ordered Captains William S Winder, his son, and D.W. Vowles to find a new site. By early August they had selected a location near Millen.
Many local residents opposed the decision. One complained, "I have no doubt but Captain Winder has had false representation made to him by certain parties in the immediate vincinity of the spot he has selected, and entirely for pecuniary purposes-men who are not in service of the country and never have been, and who care nothing for the interest of the Government or anyone else, so they are putting money in their coffers."
Submitted: March 2, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p54563
File Size: 0.209 Megabytes

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