Andersonville National Historic Site | historic site, Andersonville, Georgia, USA

Andersonville National Historic Site , Confederate military prison for captured Union soldiers during the American Civil War, located in Andersonville, southwest-central Georgia, U.S. It was established as a national historic site in 1970 to honor all U.S. prisoners of war. The site preserves the camp area and its environments and includes Andersonville National Cemetery with around 18,000 graves, including those of prisoners who died in the camp. The cemetery continues to be used as a burial site for US military veterans. The US National Park Service has conducted archaeological excavations at the site and a portion of the original palisade wall has been reconstructed. The National Prisoner of War Memorial Museum opened there in 1998.