Andersonville National Cemetery

This is a back blip.....
I drove 450 miles Monday and went to the Andersonville National Cemetery which is located at the Andersonville Prison, from the Civil War.  13,000 man and women, captured during the Civil War were sent to this stockade prison in Georgia.    The collage shows the  original, outside stockade wall . It must have been a terrible place, in the sun during the summer and snow, sleet,  and freezing temperatures.  There was a small, trickling stream that was the only source of water for drinking and bathing.   The cemetery is on 461 acres, which holds thousands of civil war soldiers, but today, it is an active cemetery that lays to rest soldiers (men and women) that have been released from prison camps in Viet Nam,  Desert Storm, Korea, Afghanistan,  WW2.....    This is a Memorial place to all those that went to war, became prisoners of war, and then released.   It is a very moving place dedicated to those that fought for our freedom.
     The 3rd picture in the collage is a beautiful Brick church from the 1860's, converted to a  Court house/ Town Hall in Vienna, Ga..  It's just wonderful architecture from 200 years ago.

     I have had very poor internet access since Monday.  This is the first time I have been able to get a connection.  I will get caught up and let you know how the trip is going.
Monday, I drove 450 miles to the prison, and then another 450 miles to my friends home in the mountains in Hayesville, North Carolina.
      The extra is the inside of the stockade where the prisoners were kept, summer and winter.  There was no roofing for any weather, the prisoners only  protection was a canvas pup tent,  for as long as the canvas lasted.  Then the prisoners had nothing.