On October 17, 1820, the government granted 160 acres to John and Simeon Barber/Barbour. Andersonville, the original town known as Ceylon, was laid out in October 1831 by Simeon Barber in 1831. It was 78 lots. The original streets (in use today) were laid out 66 feet wide and alleys were 16+1⁄2 feet wide. The Anderson Addition was laid out by Joel (Joseph) Anderson and Fletcher Tevis in 1837 with additional lots and streets. Anderson P.O. was established. The two additions merged and it was renamed in 1849 after Thomas Anderson, a tavern owner. In 1915, Andersonville had about 350 inhabitants.
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The prisoner of war, and how treated1865 · page 221Read the page →
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" There appears to be a disposition on the part of some of the public press to mitigate the offenses and crimes of Major Henry Wertz, late the responsible keeper of the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, and to throw upon others the responsibilities that justly attach to those alone who were in immediate command of that prison. Being personally acquainted with most of the officers who were stationed at Andersonville, and
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The soldier's story of his captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and other Rebel prisons1873 · page 273Read the page →
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We, the undersigned, who were companions or acquaintances of Warren Lee Goss at Andersonville and other rebel prisons, having read the book written by him, entitled " The Soldier's Story of his Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and other Rebel Prisons," certify to the general truthfulness of the work, and also to many of the particular incidents narrated. Some of the scenes depicted, which did not come under our immediate notice, we know to have been of very
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The soldier's story of his captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and other Rebel prisons1873 · page 161Read the page →
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Many loose statements have been made in print indicating that officers were as common among prisoners at Andersonville as enlisted men. With the exception of Major Bogle, there were no commissioned officers intentionally placed in Andersonville. Others were there by their own act ; but the prison was intended for enlisted men only. At any time an officer of white troops could be sent to Macon, or some other officers'
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