Location: Blackshear
Blackshear Prison
Blackshear Prison was a temporary prisoner of war camp located in Blackshear, Georgia, during the American Civil War. During Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s 1864 “March to the Sea,” Confederate officials hastily made plans to evacuate a number of existing POW camps and relocate their occupants farther from the Federal army. As Blackshear is […]