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Union prisoners confined in Camp Sumpter, near Andersonviile, GA

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1865
Call number: priJLC_MIL_003320
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.

Bird’s-eye view of Andersonville Prison from the south-east

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Image of an aerial view of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war-camp in Georgia; soldiers visible among densely packed tents surrounded by stockade walls and barricades guarded by gun towers and cannons.

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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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Andersonville Prison : Georgia

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An uncolored view print of 33,000 Union soldiers imprisoned in Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp. The foreground includes an image of Captain Henry Wirz, shown on horseback escorting a prisoner dressed in tattered clothes to the stockade. Inside the wooden fenced camp, prisoners are depicted in densely packed and cramped enclosures, shown either in acts of labor or carried out on stretchers. The prison is surrounded by armed guards, barren trees, and a forest in the background. The print is labeled with a number key identifying eight scenes; the key reads: "1. Upper Cook - house; 2. Barracks for the sick; 3. Fort of Six Guns; 4. Rebel Sutler's Tent; 5. Swamp within the prison; 6. Bake House; 7. Capt. Wirz taking a prisoner to the Stocks; 8. Meat Wagon." The title is printed in the lower center and reads, "Andersonville Prison: Georgia. Representing the imprisonment of 33,000 Union Soldiers during the months of June, July, and August 1864." Signed and dated by artist John B. Walker in lower left. Signed by lithographer T. Sinclair in lower right. Signed in stone by artist Anton Hohenstein in the image's lower right corner. The top of the print reads "No 1. North View."

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Parole Camp Annapolis, MD

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Image of an elevated view of Parole Camp in Annapolis, Maryland, during the American Civil War; Union soldiers at various duties outside rows of buildings and military tents; a large flag flies on a flagpole at center; train passing the camp at bottom right; nine buildings numbered with key printed in bottom margin.

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Camp Carroll, Baltimore, MD. 13th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania Vols

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Image of Camp Carroll in Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; military tents and buildings, artillery, and a group of soldiers on horseback in foreground with the 13th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers assembled beyond; the city of Baltimore is visible in the background; text listing over 40 names of the "field and staff" of the regiment in bottom margin.

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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 prisoners confined in Camp Sumpter, near Andersonviile, GA

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