Andersonville
Civil War camp
Andersonville refers to two related things in American history.
The Andersonville Prison was a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia during the Civil War, notorious for its brutal conditions—nearly 13,000 Union soldiers died there from disease, malnutrition, and exposure.
The name has become shorthand for wartime atrocity and the horrors of captivity.
Andersonville is also a neighborhood in Chicago, known for its Swedish heritage and historic character.
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- POW campDetention site for captured soldiers
- ConfederateSecessionist state supporter
- GeorgiaName shared by country and state
- captivityState of being confined
stockade · starvation · atrocity · prisoners · 1864 · death camp · overcrowding · disease
Place for interring remains
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- museumPublic exhibit space
- gravesBurial sites
remembrance · tribute · veterans · preservation · history · pilgrimage · education · sacrifice
Residential area nearby
- SwedishOf a Nordic kingdom
- gayborhoodLGBTQ-concentrated urban area
- LGBTQSexual and gender minorities
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
historic · boutiques · restaurants · Victorian · brownstones · Edgewater · lakefront · community
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- POW campDetention site for captured soldiers
- ConfederateSecessionist state supporter
- GeorgiaName shared by country and state
captivity · stockade · starvation · atrocity · prisoners · 1864 · death camp · overcrowding · disease · war crimes
cemetery
Place for interring remains
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- museumPublic exhibit space
graves · remembrance · tribute · veterans · preservation · history · pilgrimage · education · sacrifice · honor
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
- SwedishOf a Nordic kingdom
- gayborhoodLGBTQ-concentrated urban area
- LGBTQSexual and gender minorities
gentrification · historic · boutiques · restaurants · Victorian · brownstones · Edgewater · lakefront · community · pride
AndersonvilleGeneva Convention
Wartime humanitarian law treaties
prisoner exchange · parole · liberation · humane treatment · medical care
AndersonvilleGettysburg
Pennsylvania battle site
Arlington National Cemetery · Valley Forge · Mount Vernon · hallowed ground · shrine
AndersonvilleGettysburg
Pennsylvania battle site
Antietam · Shiloh · Vicksburg · battlefield · combat zone