Andersonville National Cemetery | Andersonville Prison Burial Trenches | American Civil War
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- Andersonville National Cemetery was established to provide a permanent burial pace for those who died in military service to our country. The initial burials, beginning in February 1864, were trench burials of the prisoners who died in the nearby Andersonville prisoner of war prison. In fourteen months, nearly 13,000 soldiers were buried here during the American Civil War. Graves were only marked with numbered posts, but a young prisoner who worked at the prison hospital, Dorence Atwater, kept a list of the dead that matched grave numbers with names. Today the cemetery contains nearly 20,000 interments along with 6 of the infamous Andersonville Raiders.
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Interesting! Appreciate you covering this. Much to see and learn there.
A very humbling visit for sure. Seeing those burial trenches was surreal. Thanks for watching JD.
what an impressive story about this cemetery. beautiful and detailed. I wish I had visited even more history during my vacation in America
It was certainly beautiful and well maintained. Tons more history to see here. Next time. Thanks for watching 👍
I have been to Andersonville, it is a sobering experience. As a service member, you have to think this might happen to you. I can only imagine what these men went through.
Yeah, it was weird walking on the very ground so many suffered on. No matter how hard I tired I couldn’t begin to grasp what they went through. Lots to learn there.
As I commented before, your words, videography, and philosophy create an extraordinary alchemy which produces the ability to "take us there." Although I've been a history student my entire life, particularly the Civil War, I've never been fortunate enough to visit these so very important places. Your videos are the next best thing for me. It is a gift, and I thank you. P. S. I love to visit military cemeteries... I always leave them in tears and with a profound sense of gratitude.
I’m beyond thankful for your support and kind words. It truly means a lot. Sometimes putting yourself out there on the internet can be intimidating. My goal is to take us there together and learn together. It was a very humbling visit. Seeing the sacrifices of so many always fills me with thankfulness and a touch of guilt since I’m here and they arent.
Another fantastic episode! I particularly resonated with your message on the importance of remembering the soldiers here and being grateful to be an American. America isn't a perfect union...but it's importance for all of us to help make it a more perfect union. Thanks for sharing this special place.
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching! It was a powerful place. Very humbling as well. So many lessons to learn from the last. These lessons in turn will help us progress a nation.
i often visit marietta national cemetery and marietta confederate cemetery when the weather is nice as they are close to my house. Such a huge price paid for the freedoms we enjoy and often take for granted.
It’s always a very humbling reminder when visiting our fallen.
You did an outstanding job with this video. Well done. Keep up the great work. Your parting words are perfect.
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Rest in Peace, Pap. 🙏 (Pvt John H. Smith, 14th WV VI Comp B, grave# 10151) May your sacrifice for our Freedom never be forgotten or unappreciated. 🇺🇸
Thanks for sharing. I’m grateful for Pvt John H Smith 🇺🇸
Its sad how the soldiers of both sides suffered in these terrible prisons One of my Confederate ancestors who was a private in the 27th North Carolina infantry regiment who was captured at Cumberland Gap was imprisoned at Camp Douglas Illinois and died there
Yeah, it seemed neither army was equipped to handle the amount of prisoners. The suffering on both sides was terrible. Thanks for sharing your family’s story.
@@ProjectPast1565 youre most welcome sir
Just saying but this video is very emotional to me and it’s emotional to me because my 3rd great grand uncle sergeant George Washington shriver is buried at Andersonville and he died as a prisoner of war there.
Hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing your family’s story.
@@ProjectPast1565 your very welcome.
Your work keeps getting better and better! Thanks for taking us there and for sharing your authentic expression of gratitude.
Appreciate that. I get more comfortable with every episode. Glad you enjoyed this one.
Interesting stories! Hope to visit that Cemetery one day when i will visit America.
Thanks for watching and if and when you do, I’ll meet you there!
@@ProjectPast1565 i will definitely hit you up 👍
CPL J.E. Jones marker #480. My 3x Great Grandfather's brother. April 11, 1864. Died of dysentery.
Thanks for sharing
When General Grant refused to pardoned soldiers these prison started to fill up. I read the book Elmira the northern prison was just as bad. No tombstones, just a plaque, very sad on both sides. A lot of southern soldiers were drafted into this war that had nothing to do with slavery. “Government “ need I say moore
Thanks for watching and voicing your opinion. I truly do appreciate it. Prison camps on both sides were awful. What a terrible war this was. Few things we need to clarify though.
1. The CSA dead at Elmira are buried in Woodlawn National cemetery. To my knowledge, almost 2,000 of the 3,000 that died are identified. Not sure about their initial burial but they now have headstones and a monument there.
2. In the summer of 1863 when large scale prisoner exchanges largely ceased, Grant was an army commander in the west and would have had little influence in the matter. He was not promoted to command of all Union armies until the spring of 1864, well after the exchanges had stopped and prisoners had begun arriving at Andersonville. Thus the breakdown occurred not because of Grant but because of politicians on both sides who were unwilling to compromise their policies. Even if exchanges were resumed in late August 1864, Andersonville would still be the deadliest prison of the war with some 8,000 dead by that time. It is therefore inaccurate to attribute the breakdown of the prisoner exchange and all of the sufferings of prisoners of war to a callous military directive by General Grant.
3. The war was about slavery. The southern states literally told us it was when they wrote it in their articles of secession. Now I will say that not every soldier (north or south) who went to war had slavery in mind as a motivation.
Well done video exploring the Andersonville cemetery and keeping these soldiers memory alive. I need to visit one day. Great work James .
@@DustinWiseM1 it’s a must see. Truly humbling.
JNO is John
FRED'K is Frederick
Just FYI
Thanks!
I. Have 5 family members who lost their life there and the records are so poor The only new tombstone in the whole place is my family we proved it and got him to change the name on it there's so much history here
Thank you for sharing that. It was a very humbling visit.
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Another outstanding video!🇺🇲
Thanks! I appreciate you watching!
Slavery caused so much suffering. It has always saddened me to think about all the poor souls who had to live under such conditions. Prison camps on both sides of the war were brutal. I hate war. And what it creates.
It was a very dark time in our nations history. War is a terrible thing.
@@ProjectPast1565 I survived the Vietnam War as a combat Marine. I saw things that a kid fresh out of high school should never have to see. As the years pass I have more of an appreciation for the sacrifices made by those who did not survive. I once used to think the Civil War could have been avoided. A Black man told me that if there was no war the people of the north and south would have demanded that the African Americans would have been forced to go back to Africa. I had never though about that and I now agree with what he told me. I worry about what I see going on in the world and feel helpless at times. I love the United States however if she is going to go into war, I would like to see a victory.
Why? You only have one misserable life! 😂