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A passage from President Lincoln's first inaugural address on the Illinois monument.
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| On the Illinois monument, a stone figure of an officer among scores of graves. |
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At Andersonville National Cemetery, the rows of pearl-white tombstones are mind-numbing, almost impossible to process in just one visit. Nearly 13,000 Union soldiers who died at the prison camp a quarter-mile away rest in the red Georgia clay. Under a leaden sky, we examined the names on scores on the gravestones in the well-kept cemetery. The unknowns drew special attention. So, too, did the angel, eagle and bronze and stone figures who stand watch for eternity.
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| An angel overlooks two forlorn prisoners in bas-relief on the reverse of the New York monument. |
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| Of the nearly 13,000 soldiers buried at Andersonville, 492 are unknown. Here are five of them. |
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| A plaque on the front of the New York monument details the Empire State's sacrifice at Andersonville. |
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| A soldier in a great coat atop the Minnesota monument. |
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| A weary soldier on the New York monument. |
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| A bronze figure of an eagle stands watch over the dead. |
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| Words from the Bible inscribed on the bottom of a monument at a cemetery entrance. |
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| A miniature American flag to honor an unknown. |
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To read my ancestor’s Andersonville experiences google Hiram’s Honor.
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