Magnolia Spring Confederate Prison Site

Magnolia Spring Confederate Prison Site is a Georgia historical marker in Jenkins County, dedicated 1968.

At park, US 25 6 miles N. of Millen, 15 miles S. of Waynesboro.

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In the latter months of the Civil War a gigantic stockade enclosing 42 acres was erected on this spot to confine thousands of prisoners-of-war held by the Confederate Government at Andersonville Prison. This site was chosen because of the abundance of clear water supplied by Magnolia Spring and because of its proximity to the railroad at Lawtonville. The stockade was completed in October, 1864, and evacuated one month later in advance of General Sherman's March to the Sea. Although the prison was built to confine 40,000 only 10,299 prisoners were transferred here.

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Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Military map showing the marches of the United States Forces 1863-1865. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Magnolia Spring Confederate Prison Site, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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