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Lithograph of Andersonville Prison (Georgia). "Bird's-Eye View of Andersonville Prison from the South-east"

Date:: 1890
Format:: Still image
Access:: Public

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The Story of Andersonville, as told by the ex-Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, Benjamin F. Gue, published in the Iowa State Register regarding Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, Georgia - 1884 (typescript)

Creator:: Gue, Benjamin F., 1828-1904
Date:: 1884
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Libby Prison, the only picture in existence, as it appeared August 23, 1863

Date:: 1882 approx.
Format:: Still image
Access:: Public

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Lithograph of Andersonville Prison (Georgia). "Representing the imprisonment of 33,000 Union soldiers during the months of June, July, and August, 1864," sketched by John Burns Walker, Company G, 141st Regiment

Creator:: Walker, John Burns
Date:: 1865
Format:: Still image
Access:: Public

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Lithograph of Camp Sorghum in Columbia, South Carolina. This image is part of a larger one, showing 12 prison scenes, from sketches by Captain Robert J. Fisher, 17th Missouri Infantry Regiment

Date:: 1865
Format:: Still image
Access:: Public

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Letter from Joseph Wilson (Andersonville Prison, Georgia) to his wife. He writes of the terrible conditions and the numerous deaths in the prison. Attached is a note saying that Wilson died in Andersonville and that a clock was to be raffled for the benefit of his wife and children - July 21, 1864 (photocopy)

Creator:: Wilson, Joseph
Date:: July 21, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Lithograph of Andersonville Prison (Georgia). “In June, July and August 1864, 33,000 Union prisoners were crowded on…21 acres," sketched by John Burns Walker, Company G, 141st Regiment

Creator:: Walker, John Burns
Date:: 1864
Format:: Still image
Access:: Public

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Diary of George W. Pennington from August 1862 to September 1864, with the diary ending four days before his death at Andersonville prison. Pennington was a member of the 141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. Additionally, there are a number of letters written to members of his family (photocopy)

Creator:: Pennington, George W.
Date:: August 1862 to September 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Description of two lithographs of Anderson Prison engraved from sketches by John Burns Walker

Date:: unknown
Format:: Text
Access:: Public