BLACKSHEAR, Ga. (AP) — A historical marker sits shaded by trees on the shoulder of Georgia 203, where city outskirts fade to full country.

The marker is the only indication that 5,000 Union prisoners of war and their 700 Confederate guards once bedded down on land that slopes down gently to what was once a free flowing creek. The creek has dried up and trees cover most of the 35-acre site.

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