More than 20,000 individuals are buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Each of these men, women, and children has a unique story behind them. A Story in Stone is a video series produced by park staff to highlight some of the people buried here, or connected to the cemetery. Each one of these videos shares a unique story of loss, mourning, and sacrifice.
Charlie Upson isn't buried at Andersonville. But his mother heard of Clara Barton's work at Andersonville, and hoped that she would go mark Charlie's grave.
On December 31, 1863 Samuel Melvin made a New Years Resolution to keep a diary in hopes that one day someone might take pleasure in reading it. 150 years later, in the summer of 2014, his wish was fulfilled, as thousands of people followed his diary on the Andersonville National Historic Site Facebook page. Samuel became a window into the tragedy of captivity - a human face to the hopes and dreams that were lost at Andersonville. He died on September 25, 1864.
