Camp Lawton (Civil War prison)
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
concentration camp
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| gptkbp:abandoned |
November 1864
Approach of Union forces (Sherman's March to the Sea) |
| gptkbp:capacity |
10,000 prisoners
|
| gptkbp:closed |
November 1864
|
| gptkbp:coordinates |
32.8225°N 81.9492°W
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| gptkbp:excavatedBy |
gptkb:Georgia_Southern_University
2010 |
| gptkbp:housedPrisoners |
Union soldiers
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Camp Lawton (Civil War prison)
|
| gptkbp:listedOn |
gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
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| gptkbp:location |
Millen, Georgia
|
| gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Alexander_Lawton
|
| gptkbp:notableFor |
Largest Civil War prison camp by area
|
| gptkbp:opened |
October 1864
|
| gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
|
| gptkbp:prisonerDeaths |
Unknown, estimated hundreds
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
Prisoner of war camp
|
| gptkbp:structureType |
gptkb:Stockade
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| gptkbp:website |
gptkb:Magnolia_Springs_State_Park
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Millen,_Georgia,_USA
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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