- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- Providence Spring, Andersonville, Ga. Decoration Day 1897
- Date of Original:
- 1897
- Subject:
- Springs--Georgia--Andersonville
Ex-prisoners of war--Georgia--Andersonville
Prisons--Georgia--Sumter County
Special events--Georgia--Andersonville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Andersonville, 32.19599, -84.13991
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Andersonville, 1897. Providence Spring, Andersonville, Decoration Day 1897 (was official name of Memorial Day until mid 20's). Host of these men were Andersonville survivors (G[rand] A[rmy of the] R[epublic]) (had been prisoners) who returned to the site on Memorial Day. Man bending w/ cup has on GAR (Grand Army of [the] Rep[ublic]) uniform. Others' were local citizens."--from field notes
2003/07/17: According Civil War Album located on-line at http://www.civilwaralbum.com/index.html, "The Woman's Relief Corps, the national auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic, built the Providence Spring House in 1901 to mark the site where, on August 9, 1864, a spring burst forth during a heavy summer rainstorm--an occurrence many prisoners attributed to Divine Providence." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_sum106
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:sum106
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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