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Related Historical Markers
By Mike Stroud, February 19, 2009
Camp Lawton Marker at Magnolia Springs State Park Headquarters
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1 ► Georgia, Jenkins County, Millen — Camp Lawton —  |
| Site of Camp Lawton A Confederate military prison built in 1864 to relieve the overcrowded condition at Andersonville Prison in Macon County. Lawton Prison was a stockade, enclosing 42 acres. 1398 feet by 1329 feet considered to be the largest . . . — — Map (db m114323) HM | |||
| 2 ► Georgia, Jenkins County, Millen — The Civil War's Camp Lawton — Rediscovering Through Archaeology — |
| According to one source, shortly after the end of the Civil War, Camp Lawton's few permanent structures, including its prisoner stockade, burned. The grounds quickly reverted to their previous use as farmland. Over the years, nature and man erased . . . — — Map (db m114322) HM | |||