coming on next, all of our programming from earlier including your calls with our the chiefc leonard, of interpretation for the historic site. and the university of this program is about three hours. >> good afternoon. you are watching american history tv on c-span, and you are looking at the andersonville prison. it was in operation during the final year of the american civil war. we take you live to the andersonville national historic site and cemetery in andersonville, georgia for the next three hours, taking your phone calls and the commemorative funeral for the 13,000 prisoners of war who died here in 1864 and 1865. joining us from the andersonville national cemetery, adjacent to the cemetery location is eric leonard, the chief of the historical site.

coming on next, all of our programming from earlier including your calls with our the chiefc leonard, of interpretation for the historic site. and the university of this program is about three hours. >> good afternoon. you are watching american history tv on c-span, and you are looking at the andersonville prison. it was in operation during the final year of the american civil war. we take you live to the andersonville national historic site and cemetery in andersonville, georgia for the next three hours, taking your phone calls and the commemorative funeral for the 13,000 prisoners of war who died here in 1864 and 1865. joining us from the andersonville national cemetery, adjacent to the cemetery location is eric leonard, the chief of the historical site. he will be with us for the next hour to talk about the history of andersonville and why does consider the most notorious site of the civil war. we are opening our phone line so you can join the conversation. if you want to join the conversation, 202-748-8900. that is for eastern and central time zones. if you live in the pacific or