Providence Spring, Andersonville, Ga. Decoration Day 1897
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| Type: | Photographs |
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| Title: | Providence Spring, Andersonville, Ga. Decoration Day 1897 |
| Date: | 1897 |
| 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." |
| Subjects: | Springs--Georgia--Andersonville | Ex-prisoners of war--Georgia--Andersonville | Prisons--Georgia--Sumter County | Special events--Georgia--Andersonville | Andersonville (Ga.) | Sumter County (Ga.) |
| Contributors: | Georgia. Dept. of Archives and History | Digital Library of Georgia |
| Online Publisher: | [Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia], 2004 |
| Rights and Usage: | Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260. Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/id:sum106 |
| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Georgia. Dept. of Archives and History |
| Collection Information: | Vanishing Georgia |