Panoramic View of South End of Andersonville Prison, Ga.

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GLC#
GLC06999.30-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1864
Title
Panoramic View of South End of Andersonville Prison, Ga.
Place Written
Andersonville, Georgia
Pagination
1 print Height: 19.2 cm, Width: 29.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

This print of a sketch is based on A.J. Riddle's photograph of the southeast view of Andersonville Prison. With Century Co. stamp and various inscriptions. Caption on verso reads "photographed from the Branch in summer of 1864. Sink or trough in foreground, and beyond are rotten tents, shanties, or huts, in an out of which are prisoners. Clothing is thrown over the tents. In the distance runs the south line of stockades, surrounded by sentry stands and sentries at regular distances. In the centre and outside the Stockade, the "Sentinel Tree" stands alone, an on the right is a pitch-pine forest. Though the Stockade was nearly surrouned by a pine forest, the prison had no shade, and the prisoners were rarely allowed to gather wood outside for cooking.

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