The National Cemetery at the Andersonville National Historic Site

The Andersonville National
Cemetery is on the grounds of
the Andersonville National
Historic Site.







Nearly 13,000 of the graves in this cemetery are of Union prisoners who died in Andersonville Prison from February 1864 to April 1865.

The Iowa Memorial is topped by

the figure of a weeping woman.

The Connecticut Memorial
looks out over the graves.

This section of the cemetery

is closed for the funeral of

a veteran or a dependent.

The Pennsylvania Memorial

A Union Soldier looks down
sadly at the graves....

It's staggering, the number

of graves that I look

out across.

The Minnesota Memorial depicts
a soldier with his head bowed
& with this hat held over
his heart.

The New York Memorial

commemorates the patriotism,

 sacrifices and fortitude of the

thousands of New York soldiers

confined at Andersonville.

The Illinois Memorial was
erected for the state's
889 known dead.