Andersonville, Georgia - Civil War Village

Beginning Monday, May 13, 2013, the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville will adopt new operating hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.

Return With Honor Temporary Exhibit Opens at Andersonville National Historic Site

Dynamic Teacher Wanted for Summer Professional Development Opportunity at Andersonville National Historic Site

Getting Ready for Memorial Day at Andersonville - Clarence "Tiger" Davis to speak at Andersonville Memorial Day Program

EchoTaps to be Sounded in Andersonville National Cemetery
Annual Salute to Veterans on Armed Forces Day

Prisoner of War Museum to Host Book Signing with Bob Bovitch

Korean War POW Bill Freeman to speak at the National Prisoner of War Museum

Team Up to Clean Up Andersonville for "Park Day"

Make your plans to visit the 2013 Andersonville Historic Fair scheduled for October 5th and 6th. If you are a vendor and would like to participate, click here for an application form.

Andersonville National Historic Site Tourism Creates $4,032,000 in Local Economic Benefit
Part of $30 billion impact that supports 252,000 jobs nationwide

Civil War Living History Weekend Returns to Andersonville

Seasonal Decorations at the Andersonville National Cemetery

Temporary Exhibit "Recent Acquisitions" Opens at Andersonville National Historic Site

Come visit us at the museum and see all the changes/additions.

Some eighty thousand tourists annually visit the Civil War village of Andersonville. All are informed of other attractions in the area. Complimentary step-on tour guides are provided for Motor Coach groups. Annually more than 350 Motor Coach and school groups receive this service.

The Civil War Village of Andersonville, Georgia is located just off Georgia Highway 49 between Americus and Oglethorpe and is some 21 miles northeast of Plains.

The railroad terminal at Andersonville was the arrival point for 45,000 Federal prisoners destined for incarceration at Camp Sumter also known as the Andersonville Civil War Prison. Prisoners were marched the quarter mile from the depot to the prison.

After becoming the supply center for the prison, Andersonville was also the location for the office of Captain Henry Wirz, keeper of Andersonville Prison.

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The City Offices and Welcome Center are located in the old train depot. There is also a museum that holds many interesting things from the Civil War and from that era.

There are many sights to see in Andersonville. There are five interesting antique, craft and curiosity shops. The Wirz Monument that stands in the center of town reminds us of the many hardships that are faced during war. The log cabin church is a wonderful place to hold weddings. Andersonville also boasts a seven acre pioneer farm which depicts what life was like on a one man farm of the mid 1800s. On the main street of Andersonville is the Drummer Boy Museum which the Editor of Blue and Gray Magazine says is the best Civil War museum under one roof anywhere in the United States. We are open and ready to greet tour groups 364 days a year, every day but Christmas.