On Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east.
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 . . . — — Map (db m12145) HM
On Prison Site Road at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Prison Site Road.
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 . . . — — Map (db m12142) HM
On Prison Site Road at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Prison Site Road.
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 . . . — — Map (db m12126) HM
On Prison Site Road at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Prison Site Road.
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 . . . — — Map (db m12144) HM
On Prison Site Road at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Prison Site Road.
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 . . . — — Map (db m12140) HM
On Prison Site Road at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Prison Site Road.
[Front Side]:
Death Before Dishonor Erected by the Commonwealth in memory of her sons who died in Andersonville 1864-1865
[Back Side]:
Known Dead
767.
Resolves 1900
Chapter 77
Approved May 28,
W. Murray Crane . . . — — Map (db m12127) HM
On Prison Site Road at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Prison Site Road.
(Front): To her 1055 loyal sons who died here in Camp Sumpter from March 1864 to April 1865 this monument is dedicated. (Reverse): Death before Dishonor — — Map (db m12130) HM
On Prison Site Road at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Prison Site Road.
[Front Side]:
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
[Front Lower Right Side]:
D. . . . — — Map (db m12133) HM
On Prison Site Road, on the left when traveling south.
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. . . . — — Map (db m12135) HM
On Prison Site Road at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Prison Site Road.
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) HM
On Prison Site Road, on the left when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m12149) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m12147) HM
