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[Collection of sixteen documents from an archive of the Quartermaster of Andersonville Prison][Decimalized]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07271 Author/Creator: Place Written: Various Type: Header Record Date: 1864-1866 Pagination: 16 items Order a Copy

Includes several letters, an Andersonville wallet, biscuit in a tin, Libby Prison drawing, hand-carved bone kerchief slide, bone snuff box, cane, etc. Richard B. Winder served as Quartermaster throughout the Civil War. He was a cousin of Gen. John H. Winder and was implicated in the mistreatment of prisoners at Andersonville Prison.

Winder, Richard Bayly, 1828-1894

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