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

Confederate Prison Camp

Blackshear Prison Camp Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed 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.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1865.

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

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are

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within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pierce County (approx. ¾ mile away); General Blackshear's Military Road (approx. 0.9 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 6.9 miles away); Okefenokee Swamp (approx. 9.2 miles away); Ware Court House (approx. 9.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blackshear.

Blackshear Prison Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by John Walker Guss, December 22, 2006

2. Blackshear Prison Site

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2007, by John Walker Guss of Hillsborough, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,639 times since then and 97 times this year. 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.