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    Who was the infamous Confederate P.O.W. camp Andersonville named after?

    Question #66722. Asked by Babba06. (Jun 09 06 1:16 PM)


    robboy

    		Andersonville is the name of the small town in Georgia outside of which Camp Sumter was built as a POW camp. I know this from personal knowledge, as a few of my family are buried there, but this site will shed some light on its history.
    http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/

    Jun 09 06, 1:37 PM
    lanfranco

    		My first knowledge of Andersonville came from Mackinlay Kantor's novel of that title, published in 1955. It wasn't a bad way to learn something about the subject:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersonville_%28novel%29

    Jun 10 06, 6:18 PM
    lanfranco

    		It appears that we didn't quite answer your quesiton, did we?

    According to this site, Andersonville was a name bestowed by the US Postal Service on Anderson, Georgia, in order to distinguish this town from another "Anderson."

    I've no idea who that original "Anderson" was. I'm sure that robboy must know.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersonville%2C_Georgia

    Jun 10 06, 6:37 PM

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