This is a somber place, even for a cemetery.Thousands of stones mark the graves of victims of the brutal prison. These victims are buried shoulder to shoulder because they were so decimated, and these burials were done years after the war. A clerk who was at the prison kept meticulous records of the dead prisoners, and was able to bring them here for honorable burial.Nearly 13,000 Union soldiers from Andersonville prison are buried here.Illinois memorial monument.This is still an active national cemetery. Veterans from today are still being buried here.
