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Andersonville, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Later the Andersonville National Historic Site was established as a memorial to the POWs who died at the camp. During the American Civil War, it was the site of a POW camp which is now Andersonville National Historic Site. A small village (next door to Andersonville National Historic Site) is known as 'Civil War village' where tourists came to see around the town. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andersonville,_Georgia   (579 words)

Andersonville National Historic Site - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Andersonville National Historic Site is located in Andersonville, Georgia. It includes the site of the Civil War prison, the Andersonville National Cemetery, and the National Prisoner of War Museum. See Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp for a lesson on the prison camp from the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andersonville_Prison   (506 words)

Net4TV Voice: Andersonville Remembered Visit the National Park Service's web site for Andersonville National Historic Site. Part of their trip included a visit to Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia. In addition to it's Civil War legacy, Andersonville is now also the home of a National Prisoner of War Museum, dedicated to the men and women of this country who suffered captivity in all wars. www.net4tv.com /voice/Story.cfm?storyID=2024   (305 words)

Day Trips Andersonville, Georgia - The 495-acre park consists of the historic prison site and the national cemetery. This site from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources gives a brief description of the park or historic site along with directions and other pertinent information. In 1998 the National Prisoner of War Museum opened at Andersonville, dedicated to the men and women of this country who suffered captivity. nespal.cpes.peachnet.edu /scientistsclub/daytrips.htm   (435 words)

MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Georgia (state) Andersonville National Historic Site, in west-central Georgia, commemorates the thousands of Union soldiers who were imprisoned and died at the infamous Andersonville prison during the Civil War. In 1998 the National Prisoner of War Museum was opened at the Andersonville National Historic Site. Georgia has 59 state parks and historic sites. encarta.msn.com /text_761571609___39/Georgia_(state).html   (1341 words)

Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum Museum/Attraction Review Plains Frommers.com Home > Destinations > North America > USA > Georgia > Southwest Georgia > Plains > Attractions > Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum www.frommers.com /destinations/plains/A28794.html   (466 words)

prison Andersonville National Historic Site is on Ga. Road 49, 10 miles northeast of Americus, Ga. The 475-acre park is open daily from 8:30 a.m. ANDERSONVILLE, GA -- The Andersonville National Historic Site served as a backdrop for a class recently given at the School of the Americas. The Andersonville National Historic Site is run by the National Park Service. carlisle-www.army.mil /usamhi/usarsa/RELEASES/Prison/prison.htm   (500 words)

Andersonville Andersonville National Historic Site is unique in the National Park Andersonville Prison was built to encase a small swamp that had a small creek running under the northern wall of the stockade, then flowed through the prison camp and again under the southern wall of the stockade of Andersonville. Andersonville Prison, located in Georgia and operated by the Confederate army, is known for being the worst prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War. www.windycreek.com /Andersonville.html   (2303 words)

Going Places - The Bloodiest Field - Highlights Andersonville Civil War Prison National Historic Site is located in Andersonville, GA. Visitors traveling south on I-75 should take the Byron exit and follow Highway 49 south approximately 40 miles. Andersonville Civil War Prison - Historical Background -- As the war raged on, Andersonville became synonymous with inhumanity, helping to spark an antiwar movement that led to the 1864 Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war. www.pbs.org /wnet/goingplaces2/civil_war/hilite8.html   (211 words)

National POW Museum The law that created the National Historic Site specified that the park is preserved to tell the Andersonville story, the story of all Civil War POW camps (north and south) and the story of all POWs in American History. The Andersonville National Historic Site will be approximately 10 miles. Andersonville Trail signs have been placed throughout the area to help guide you to the site. www.montezuma-ga.org /chamber/pow.html   (420 words)

Andersonville National Historic Site: A Resource Assessment This report conveys the findings of a cultural resources and stewardship capacity assessment of Andersonville National Historic Site. The site consists of Andersonville Prison, the National Prisoner of War Museum, and the national cemetery. ndersonville National Historic Site, officially known as Camp Sumter during the American Civil War, held captive more than 45,000 prisoners of war and was one of the largest and most notorious Confederate military prisons. www.npca.org /across_the_nation/park_pulse/andersonville   (353 words)

Tri-Mar Paranormal Research - Andersonville Prison Andersonville National Historic site is located 10 miles north of Americus, GA just off GA Route 49. Andersonville Prison is now a National Historic site located at 496 Cemetery Road in Andersonville, Georgia. The site includes a picnic area, National Prisoner of War Museum, Andersonville National Cemetery, and The Prison Site. www.trimarpress.com /AndersonvilleReport.html   (513 words)

Andersonville National Historic Site - News The outdoor sculpture on the grounds of Andersonville National Historic Site is an array of monuments that is both inspiring and provocative. In conjunction with National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day (April 9), Andersonville National Historic Site is hosting a "Meet the Sculptor" day to debut two of these monuments in miniature. The Wirz monument that stands in the Town of Andersonville was erected to honor Captain Heinrich Wirz, often referred to as the last victim of Andersonville. www.nps.gov /ande/pphtml/newsdetail3635.html   (667 words)

Andersonville Today the National Park Service oversees this National Historic Site which includes a National Cemetery, the site of the prison camp and the National Prisoner of War Museum. An historic drive which encompasses Andersonville and other local sites is called the Andersonville Trail. The Andersonville Guild (1973) is restoring the town to a Civil War village. www.bribling.net /anderson.htm   (866 words)

USA Today: Away from Atlanta's maddening crowd Civil War shame/Andersonville National Historic Site@ HighBeam Research Among the myriad solemn monuments to the Civil War dotting this region, the one most vividly connected to the present is the prisoner of war camp at Andersonville National Historical Site. Away from Atlanta's maddening crowd Civil War shame/Andersonville National Historic Site A stroll past the vast columns of tombstones in the adjoining national cemetery, and over the reconstructed stockade... www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:2652377&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (227 words)

Andersonville National Historic Site - News The Park, in partnership with National Register of Historic Places, has developed the award winning "Teaching with Historic Places" lesson plan called "Andersonville: Prison of War Camp." A copy is included in the Education Resource Packet or is available on-line at Andersonville has a curriculum based education program that is correlated with the Georgia State Standards. There are two CDs, providing information on the park and other sites of interest in the area. data2.itc.nps.gov /newparkdesign/newsdetail.cfm?num=12854&id=ANDE&area=11   (181 words)

13WMAZ.com - Central Georgia's #1 Source for News, Weather and Sports At the Andersonville National Historic Site, in Andersonville, veterans, family, friends and state leaders like Governor Sonny Perdue gathered Sunday for a Memorial Day ceremony. A Memorial Day ceremony is held every year at the Andersonville National Historic Site. Andersonville is the site of a former Civil War prisoner of war camp, and it's a national cemetery and P-O-W museum. www.13wmaz.com /news/printarticle.aspx?storyid=6447   (325 words)

Memorial Day Address at Andersonville National Historic Site Memorial Day Address at Andersonville National Historic Site It is an honor for me to be with you today on these hallowed grounds, our national memorial to prisoners of war, the final resting place of nearly thirteen thousand soldiers. It is also fitting that we come together while America is at war and only one day following the dedication of our National Memorial to World War II veterans. www.house.gov /marshall/speech04-05-29.html   (1440 words)

Andersonville NHS boundary adjustment HR 4692 In 2001, the Friends of Andersonville acquired a 20-acre parcel of land contiguous to the entrance road, with the specific intent of assisting the park in creating a more visually appealing and appropriate approach into Andersonville National Historic Site. The story of Andersonville National Historic Site revolves around Camp Sumter, the largest Prisoner of War camp in the Civil War. The inclusion of this land into the Historic Site would not entail additional expenses for the National Park Service because the management and operation of the land added to the boundary would not result in any additional facilities, increased operating costs, or additional staffing.  www.doi.gov /ocl/2002/hr4692.htm   (493 words)

AllRefer.com - Andersonville, United States (Miscellaneous U.S. Geography) - Encyclopedia Its location is part of Andersonville National Historic Site (495 acres/200 hectares), a national memorial for all American prisoners of war, with a museum dedicated to them. The site also includes Andersonville National Cemetery, which contains more than 15,000 soldiers' graves. In Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, tens of thousands of Union soldiers were confined during the Civil War under conditions so bad that nearly 13,000 soldiers died. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Andrsonvl.html   (174 words)

MSN Encarta - Search Results - Andersonville Prison Andersonville National Historic Site, national historic site authorized in 1970. Civil War : military forces of the Confederacy : military prisons: Andersonville National Historic Site Andersonville Prison, military stockade of the Confederate army during the American Civil War, near Andersonville, Georgia, used to confine captured... ca.encarta.msn.com /Andersonville_Prison.html   (114 words)

Sherpa Guides Georgia Civil War Andersonville and Americus Area At Andersonville National Historic Site, living history events include Andersonville Revisited on the last weekend in February and on the first weekend in October, a recreation of the Union Occupation of Camp Sumter. A National Historic Site, nothing in Georgia delivers the full impact of the cost of the Civil War as do the thousands of graves tightly lined together at Ander-sonville. Georgia Historical Markers - Fulton County - Most if not all of the links under Fulton County, GA are sites of important Civil War battles or places. www.sherpaguides.com /georgia/civil_war/midwest/andersonville_and_americus_area.html   (2722 words)

Resources Parks, Recreation & Public Lands Subcommittee 2001 Meetings and Hearings H.R., to adjust the boundary of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in the State of Ohio, to authorize an exchange of land in connection with the historic site, and for other purposes. H.R.400, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site, and for other purposes. H.R., to amend the Act that established the Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park to expand the boundaries of that park; was forwarded to the Full Committee, amended, by Voice Vote. resourcescommittee.house.gov /archives/107cong/parks/parks01mtg.htm   (3598 words)

NATIONAL POW MUSEUM Fred Boyles, superintendent of Andersonville National Historic Site, said the museum dedication may be one of the last gatherings for some POWs from World War II and Korea. (ANDERSONVILLE, GA.)--Of the estimated 800,000 American men and women who have been held as prisoners of war throughout the nation's history, about 56,000 are alive today; and many of those former POWs are expected here April 9 for the dedication of the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site. Money for the museum, which is on the grounds of the Andersonville National Historic Site, was raised by the National Park Service, a park support group, the Friends of Andersonville, and the American Ex-Prisoners of War. grunt.space.swri.edu /powmseum.htm   (946 words)

Americus Garden Inn - Americus, Georgia - BBOnline.com / Introduction Andersonville National Historic Site and National POW Museum Upon entering the romantic, historic Americus Garden Inn allow yourself to be transported to a simpler time of simple pleasures: the aroma of fresh baked breads, muffins or biscotti, the sound of live piano music emanating from the parlor, freshly ground gourmet coffee, quiet time on the swing in the gazebo. Welcome to the historic Americus Garden Inn Bed and Breakfast built before the Civil War in 1847 and located on Rees Park within the beautiful historic district of Americus, Georgia. www.bbonline.com /ga/reespark   (378 words)

Andersonville Prisoner Lookup Results Code numbers beginning with a 3 indicate that the prisoner is reported to have died at Andersonville yet this can not be confirmed. All questions or requests should be made by writing to the National Park Service at the address shown at the bottom of this screen. Code numbers beginning with 1 or 2 indicate that the prisoner died at Andersonville. www.wham.org /FrancisL.htm   (149 words)

www.americusgeorgia.org The unspoiled historic village of Andersonville, site of Andersonville Confederate Prison, boast the nationally acclaimed Drummer Boy Museum, 6 log structures, 5 curiosity shops, and the controversial Wirz Monument. Site of Andersonville Prison and home of the National Prisoner of War Museum. The award-winning, magnificent Windsor Hotel is the crown jewel of the Americus National Register Historic District. www.americusgeorgia.org   (667 words)

U.S. Newswire : Release : New Study Reveals Threats to Historic POW Camp; Parks Group Reminds Public, Elected Officials to Preserve American History Congress established Andersonville National Historic Site in 1970 to "provide an understanding of the Civil War prisoner of war (POW) story, to interpret the role of prisoner of war camps in history, and to commemorate the sacrifice of Americans who lost their lives in such camps..." (Public Law 91-465). According to NPCA's new State of the Parks(r) report, the Andersonville National Historic Site is threatened by insufficient funding and staffing to adequately protect its priceless collection of nearly 50,000 objects, including memorabilia from prisoners. Despite the best efforts of the National Park Service, additional funding is needed to support ongoing restoration of the historic, 19th-century brick wall that surrounds the national cemetery, acquisition of POW oral history interviews, and to complete historic archaeological research. releases.usnewswire.com /printing.asp?id=31090   (571 words)

The Albany Herald - The Zone Archives Gazing out across the serene picture that is the Andersonville National Historic Site, it is difficult to comprehend the horrendous suffering that so marked this place nearly a century and a half ago, when Blue fought Gray and brother killed brother. In tribute, Andersonville's 495-acre park has existed in one form or another since the war's end in 1865, but its designation as a national historic site didn't come until 1970. National Historic Site just across Highway 49, were actually known as Camp Sumter. www.albanyherald.com /zonearchive/0403/zone042003.html   (2959 words)

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