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The New York state memorial. From the sign:
Massive Monuments
In 1911, the state of New York erected this granite monument to honor its troops who died in Andersonville prison. Large monuments were a fashion of the time, built on a scale that would symbolize enormous sacrifice.
There are twelve monuments in this cemetery and eleven at the nearby prison site. Each has a unique design. Because so little remains of the historic prison, the monuments form a permanent part of the Andersonville landscape. |