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Union War Prisoners Association

Description: Image of eight Confederate prisons from the American Civil War interspersed between signatures of prisoners of war on individual nameplates.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1863
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000745
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

The southern prisons of the U.S. officers

Visual Materials

Image of twelve vignettes depicting scenes from life in Confederate military prisons for Union prisoners during the American Civil War, including soldiers near tents, hospitals, a workhouse, prisoners playing musical instruments, and receiving mail; captions below each image.

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Officers of the United States Army and Navy prisoners of war. Libby Prison Richmond, Va

Visual Materials

Image of a register of United States Army and Navy prisoners of war listing the names of officers imprisoned by rank during the American Civil War; four captioned scenes from Confederate military prison Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, in corners; bald eagle with American flag, shield, arrows and olive branch at top center; Union soldiers and sailors with swords, bayonets, and harpoons at left and right center.

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Andersonville Prison

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Image of an elevated view of the Andersonville prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war-camp in Georgia, with prisoners clustered in groups around tents in the central image; surrounded by twenty-two vignettes including a portrait of Sergeant Leroy Key, Captain Henri Wirz, scenes of prison life, prisoner escapes, and sick and dying prisoners; vignettes are numbered with key in bottom margin.

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Union prisoners confined in Camp Sumpter, near Andersonviile, GA

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial view of Camp Sumpter Confederate military prison (Andersonville Prison) located near Andersonville, Georgia, during the American Civil War; densely packed tents and soldiers surrounded by stockade walls and barricades manned by artillery; sites on map numbered 1-18 with key printed in bottom margin.

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Confederate Veteran Association of Kentucky

Visual Materials

Image of a membership certificate from the Confederate Veteran Association of Kentucky (veteran organization recognizing service in the American Civil War) printed with Confederate flags, cannons and rifles, and soldiers around a campfire at a military camp site.

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Bird’s eye view of Confederate prison pen, at Salisbury, N. C. Taken in 1864

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Image of an elevated view of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, North Carolina during the American Civil War showing railroad and several buildings inside the fenced prison complex; numbered key to buildings in lower margin.

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Union War Prisoners Association

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