Walker, John Burns, fl. 1862-1865 Andersonville Prison, Georgia

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GLC#
GLC04017
Type
Images
Date
1864
Author/Creator
Walker, John Burns, fl. 1862-1865
Title
Andersonville Prison, Georgia
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 lithograph Height: 48.7 cm, Width: 61 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

A colored, lithographic view of the prison and POWs, printed underneath is the description: "Numbers 1 and 2 comprise Andersonville Prison an area of 26 acres, nearly five acres of which was an uninhabitable swamp. In June, July and August. 1864, 33.000 Union Prisoners were crowded on the remaining 21 acres." Walker, the man who sketched the image, is identified as a Andersonville POW and member of Co. G of the 141st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Lithograph made by Thomas Sinclair of Philadelphia.

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