Grave Markers at Andersonville Cemetery

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The Andersonville prison site was preserved as a national cemetery soon after it closed in 1865, largely due to efforts by Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, who worked to have all the graves identified and marked. 

Photograph provided by Judy Baxter 

Grave Markers at Andersonville Cemetery

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