OOOOPS.....( Eating cold Crow )...Sorry..it was 26 1/2 acres... Kevin Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Re: Andersonville Civil War POW site > Hi Brent,, > Please vorgive me for the correction but the stockade covered 19 and > half acres. > > Kevin > > > > Please visit my website dedicated to those Americans who were imprisoned > and died in captivity while in the service to our country > > http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html > > AOL USERS go to http://hometown.aol.com/andersonvillecw/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brent Andersen" <talabama@earthlink.net> > To: <MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 3:53 PM > Subject: [MAWORCES] Re: Andersonville Civil War POW site > > > > Listers, > > > > The following url leads to a site which also contains much original > > information on the Andersonville Prison, the Prisoner Memorial and > > data on the area surrounding Andersonville. > > > > http://www.maconcountyga.org/ > > > > If you ever have the opportunity to visit the prison site and the > > memorial, together, they are one of the most stirring displays of > > human suffering I have ever experienced. It was quite a revelation to > > understand there were at one time over 32,000 men living on 26 acres > > of land within the stockade, of which only about 21 was actually not > > swamp. At the time, my wife, two foster kids, and I were living in > > Oregon on 21 acres in the country, so the display was quite poignant. > > This is but one small fact of many displayed. > > > > Brent Andersen > > > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > > Have you visited the ARCHIVES lately? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces/wo-gen.htm > > >