When the gates of Camp Sumter at Andersonville Station opened on Feburary 25, 1864, no one knew if African American Union Soldiers would arrive as prisones of war of the Confederacy. Read an article written by Park Ranger Don Pettijohn in Feb. 2006 on African Americans at Andersonville here.
Clara Barton at Andersonville
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Researching Civil War Prisoners
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Did You Know? Clara Barton was one of the principal people behind the establishment of the National Cemetery at Andersonville. She raised the Stars and Stripes over the cemetery for the first time on August 17, 1865. more...