Camp Sumter, more commonly known simply as Andersonville , was one of the largest Confederate military prisons of the Civil War. More than 45,000 Union soldiers were held there, of which about 13,000 perished. Those 13,000 graves were eventually provided headstones, largely due to the efforts of Clara Barton, and a national cemetery was established. Today, upwards of 20,000 veterans and family members rest at Andersonville. S. B. Kitchens' military tombstone bears the Southern Cross of Honor and a pointed top. Yet one individual stands out as being the only Confederate veteran buried at the national historic site: Sampson Boze Kitchens. He was a private in Company C of the 10th Georgia Regiment, enlisting in 1862 at the age of 17. Despite the (obvious) constant dangers of soldiering during a war (including at least two stints in the hospital), Boze survived and was present for the surrender of Confederate troops at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Sampson Boze Kitch...
Telling the Tales of Tombstones