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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