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    Andersonville is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 237. It is located in the southwest...
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    The Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Andersonville, Georgia, preserves the former Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter),...
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    refractory materials. Bauxite has been commercially mined in the Andersonville, Georgia district since 1914. Bauxite deposits occur in beds of kaolinite...
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    Henry Wirz (category Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War)
    Civil War. He was the commandant of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp near Andersonville, Georgia, where nearly 13,000 Union Army prisoners...
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  • "Camp Sumter", Andersonville (as it was later named by prisoners) was established in February 1864 in the small town of Andersonville, Georgia. The camp was...
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  • Andersonville may refer to: Andersonville, Georgia, site of an American Civil War prisoner of war camp Andersonville Prison, Confederate prisoner of war...
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    died at the Confederate camp in Andersonville, Georgia from starvation and disease. In the late period of the war, Georgia also had difficulty supplying...
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    fatalities. During a period of 14 months in Camp Sumter, located near Andersonville, Georgia, 13,000 (28%) of the 45,000 Union soldiers confined there died....
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  • Andersonville is a novel by MacKinlay Kantor concerning the Confederate prisoner of war camp Andersonville prison during the American Civil War (1861–1865)...
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    supervised by the National Park Service and include the Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville; Appalachian National Scenic Trail; Chattahoochee...
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