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Civil War vet's son one of few

...guard duty at Georgia's infamous Andersonville prison-of-war camp, where nearly...father recovered and headed back to Andersonville, but had traveled only about 16 miles...insisted he would never go back to Andersonville, but in 1931 he did, his son said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-07-10/civil-war-vets-son-one-few
Man among few remaining sons of Civil War veterans

...alive whose father worked guard duty at Georgia's infamous Andersonville prison camp, where nearly 13,000 Union soldiers died...you've ever seen in your life."While serving as a guard at Andersonville, the teenage soldier became sick with a fever. He was...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-07-15/man-among-few-remaining-sons-
Notes irony at former Yankee camp

...agree with Curtis Choplin (letter, Dec. 27) that Andersonville had several Northern parallel prisons, one being...tossed into graves and never identified. At least at Andersonville, the aggressors were identified and buried separately...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/01/12/edi_278931.shtml
Editorials
Across the area

GEORGIACousin shoots boy with officer's gun ANDERSONVILLE - A 15-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the chest with a pistol that allegedly came from a county correctional officer...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/07/08/met_317495.shtml
Metro
Descendants of soldiers work to save prison site

...and Confederates moved prisoners from Georgia's infamous Andersonville prison. In many ways, the camp known as the Florence Stockade...to be with her husband. Both were captured and sent to Andersonville where her husband died. The woman was later transferred...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/02/02/met_331027.shtml
Metro
Mrs. Betty Tillman

...m. Monday at Second Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Drawdy officiating. Burial will be in Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga. Mrs. Tillman, a native of Fort Pierce, Fla., had retired as a substitute teacher, and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/07/19/obi_233793.shtml
Obituaries
James David Smith (AUGUSTA, Ga.)

...2007 at University Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, February 23, 2007 at 1:00 P.M. at Andersonville National Cemetery with full military honors. Mr. Jack Smith will officiate. Other survivors include his brothers, Reverend...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/02/22/obi_117530.shtml
Obituaries
A connection 146 years after Civil War

...Union soldier, captured in July of 1864 during the Battle of Atlanta.He was sent first to the Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, and later transferred to Camp Lawton near Millen, Ga.That's where Raeth met Dennis Carter, whose great-grandfather...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-post/rob-pavey/2010-04-20/newspaper-st
Mr. Richard Becker

...of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Augusta. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville. Mr. Becker, a native of Osage, Minn., had retired as a sergeant from the Army and was a veteran...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/11/13/obi_300523.shtml
Obituaries
Mr. Richard Becker

...of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville. Mr. Becker, a native of Osage, Minn., had retired as a sergeant from the Army and was a veteran...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/11/12/obi_300390.shtml
Obituaries