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    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

Monuments in the Andersonville National Cemetery

Stone monument topped by brozne statute of a young soldier.
The Connecticut Monument on a foggy morning in the National Cemetery.
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The Andersonville National Cemetery includes the oldest and the youngest of the memorial monuments located in the park. Nine of the monuments commemorate Union soldiers who were imprisoned or perished at the Andersonville prison. The other three monuments are dedicated to the broader themes of the park, commemorating POWs in all or other wars as well as unknown soldiers.

Monuments located in the Andersonville National Cemetery include:
New Jersey Monument (1899)
Maine Monument (1904)
Pennsylvania Monument (1905)
Iowa Monument (1906)
Connecticut Monument (1907)
Indiana Monument (1908)
Illinois Monument (1912)
New York Monument (1914)
Minnesota Monument (1916)
Georgia Monument (1976)
Oddfellows Monument (1984)
Stalag XVII-B Monument (1989)

Did You Know?

Exhibit of a Hanoi Hilton cell

A cell from the Hanoi Hilton has been reconstructed in the National Prisoner of War Museum. Notable prisoners held at the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War include US Vice Presidential candidate James Stockdale, Senator and Presidential nominee John McCain, and Brigadier General Robinson Risner.