Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia

After visiting Plains, we headed down to Andersonville for about half a day.  Again, this is the kind of place that I really have nothing new to add to the readily available information on it.

In a nutshell, Andersonville National Historic Site includes the site of the actual prisoner of war camp, the National Prisoner of War Museum, and the Andersonville National Cemetery.  The Museum covers POWs in other wars, and the cemetery is open to veterans of other wars.

At the visitor center, a 1 hour CD is available to listen to as you drive around the former prison site.  It gives details about the prison and what happened specifically at various sites that you drive past.  The CD could be checked out for free!

Allowing only half a day here was a huge error on my part.  I was able to explore each part of the Historic Site, but I would have liked more time at each.  Also, there is a private Civil War museum close by that we did not get to see.