8-State Monument

In 1934, the Woman's Relief Corps erected a monument for the eight states that did not have a monument at Andersonville, The War Department gave the WRC permission to erect the monument. The monument lists the following:

STATE	NUMBER OF DEAD
Delaware	42
Kansas	4
Kentucky	445
Maryland	188
Missouri	105
New Hampshire	154
Vermont	248
West Virginia	230

The monument was dedicated at ceremonies held on February 2, 1936. It is the most southerly in the first row of monuments located on the west side of the prison site and is the last monument erected at Andersonville by the Woman's Relief Corps.

 

The Eight-State Monument

NPS/Andersonville NHS