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    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

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Brochures are made available on the park website or upon request either by telephone, in writing or by e-mail.

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Andersonville Map and Guide Brochure [772KB PDF]
Updated 2006; reprinted 2011

 

Bibliography
A brochure containing a selected bibiliography for Andersonville and Prisoners of War throughout American History.

Site Bulletins
A site bulletin is generally a publication produced in-house by the park to provide an in-depth review of park related themes and topics. Formatted to fit on legal-size paper unless otherwise noted.

Documenting Prisoners of War held at Andersonville [284k PDF File]
Every day visitors come to the park and inquire how they can learn more about their ancestors who were held, died, or worked here during the Civil War. This brochure explains the resources available and the park and provides advice on how to find out more. Updated in August 2011.

Preserving the Prison; Saving a Nation: The Civilian Conservation Corps at Andersonville [PDF File]
In 1935 & 36, a Civilian Conservation Corps camp operated in what is now Andersonville National Historic Site; their work was critical in preserving the prison site. Updated in May 2012.

Independence Day 1864 [PDF File]
Prisoner diary accounts of Andersonville on July 4, 1864. Updated in July 2012.

Illustrating Sacrifice and Courage: Telling the Prisoner of War Story Through Architecture, Art, and Sculpture [PDF file]
Updated in October 2012, this site bulletin explores how art, architecture and sculpture are used at the National Prisoner of War Museum to convey the prisoner of war experience to visitors.

Civil War to Civil Rights [PDF File]
For a century after the Civil War, Andersonville was a site and symbol of the struggle for equality for African Americans. Updated February 2013

Did You Know?

Sack of Cement Cross on exhibit in the National POW Museum

The largest artifact in the National Prisoner of War Museum is the “Sack of Cement Cross” from Camp O’Donnell in the Philippines.  The total height of the cross is 8 ft.  The cross was built as a memorial to American prisoners who perished in the camp.