Archeology at Andersonville
Adapted from: "Three Seasons of Excavations at the Andersonville Civil War Prison Site," a paper by Guy Prentice and Marie C. Prentice, 1990, on file at SEAC

Further reference: Prentice, Guy, and Marie C. Prentice 2000. "Far from the Battlefield: Archaeology at Andersonville Prison." In Archeological Perspectives on the American Civil War, edited by Clarence R. Geier and Stephen R. Potter, pp. 166-187. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


  • Archeological Investigations
    • History of Investigations
    • Excavations
      • Northeast Corner
      • North Gate
      • Southeast Corner
      • Meaning of Banded Soils
      • Escape Tunnel
      • Locating the "Deadline" Posts
    • Reconstructions from Archeological Evidence
    • Future Work
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