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Wisconsin Monument

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Wisconsin Monument Gets A Makeover

Part of the Andersonville NHS enabling legislation instructs the park to protect and preserve those monuments located within the prison and cemetery sites. To that end, the Wisconsin monument had its mortar joints repointed last year. After completing the monument, it appears much as it would just a few years after the dedication. Read an article on the makeover written by Jay Womack in March 2008 here.

 
Headstones in the National Cemetery at Andersonville  

Did You Know?
Andersonville prison was the deadliest prisoner of war camp during the Civil War with a total of nearly 13,000 deaths. Over 40% of all Union prisoners of war who died during the Civil War perished at Andersonville.

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Last Updated: March 16, 2009 at 14:04 EST