Andersonville National Historic Site & Cemetery, GA (2-23-07)
Andersonville was perhaps the most notorious prison camp of the Civil War. Though it was only operational for 14 months over 13,000 prisoners died here due to malnutrition, exposure, and murder. Of all the Union Prisoner of War deaths, Andersonville accounted for nearly half half. This was a very moving place to visit, and very different from other Civil War sites...
Read MoreWirtz Monument Inscription
Inscription reads: "In Memory of Captain Henry Wirz, C.S.A., Born: Zurich, Switzerland 1822, Sentanced to Death and Executed at Washington D.C. Nov. 10 1865" "To rescue his name from the stigma attached to it by embittered predjudice this shaft is erected by the Georgia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy."
Sweetwater Creek
The camps single water source was the inappropriately named Sweetwater Creek. In contrast to its name the creek served as bathroom, washroom, and drinking water for the prisoners...imagine 50,000+ men using this tiny creek for all these duties and you'll get a good mental picture of what it was like at Andersonville.