Saturday, May 19, 2012

Revisit- Andersonville National

This too was a third visit to Andersonville.  Seems if you go to Jimmy Carter, you go to Andersonville- They are just 19 miles or so apart.  After visiting Jimmy Carter earlier in the day, I came up here to secure two stamps that I had previously missed because I wasn't paying attention. 
Andersonville is the site of a rather notorious Confederate Civil War prison camp-  notorious in that the conditions were brutal, and several thousands of the prisoners died in captivity. 

Here is the Wiki site for Andersonville that gives you the "rest of the story"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersonville_National_Historic_Site

Here is the body copy from the NPS site that more fully explains the story of the Site:

Here were the missing 2 stamps:

So now, after 3 visits, Andersonville is now complete!  I also got a 150th anniversary of the Civil War pin and a hiking staff medallion here today.

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