Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A village of southwest Georgia southeast of Columbus. Its notorious Confederate prison, where more than 12,000 soldiers died in the Civil War, is a national historic site.
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My Union ancestral grandfather died in Andersonville Prison from disease, but my Confederate ancestral grandfather lived to a ripe old age.
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Andersonville is without doubt the best Civil War novel and just a good all-round novel, period.
The problems facing newspapers ... Frank Wilson 2006
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F109 Inf.Aug. 27, '623died in Andersonville, July 20,' 64.
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F109 Inf.Aug. 27, '623died in Andersonville, July 20,' 64.
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Stephen's memorial marker is placed in Andersonville, GA the old Civil War
Geist, Stephen J. 1967
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She remembered the still darker days that followed, when the bright drummer boy was in Andersonville prison, and little by little she learned to be reconciled that Tommy was safe in the peaceful home graveyard.
Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes 1910
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Three or so miles south of Evanston is a revived Chicago neighborhood, once chiefly Swedish working class, called Andersonville, on whose main thoroughfare, Clark Street, reside a charming gallimaufry of odd shops and non-franchise restaurants.
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So today I looked through a guide to downtown Andersonville, which is where I live, to find a new place.
Read It! j-ku 2007
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On Thursday we went to a small village called Andersonville in Davie County, and addressed at night a tolerably fair audience, but not one cent would they give for the cause, and I would remark once for all that this was the only place that refused to give anything to aid in carrying out the campaign.
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But Mitchell predicted summer festivals that have proliferated in recent years neighborhoods such as Andersonville, Hyde Park and Lincoln Park will continue to receive city support and remain "A very important part of Chicago night life during the summer."
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