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Andersonville National Historic Site, which is run by the National Park Service, is an important historical landmark in the southern United States. It is here that Camp Sumter, a prisoner-of-war camp used by the Confederate Army in the final year of the Civil War, has been restored and maintained. During the war, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were held captive at the camp. 13,000 of them died, a testament to the poor conditions which led to high rates of diseases such as scurvy and dysentery.
Today, visitors can take a look at exhibits connected to the site, a cemetery with the graves of the prisoners of war and the National Prisoner of War Museum, in order to gain a better understanding of the place this location holds in history.
760 POW Rd, Andersonville, GA 31711, Phone: 229-924-0343
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