Winder, Richard Bayly, 1828-1894 [Drawing of a cell in Libby Prison]

GLC07271.06.03

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GLC#
GLC07271.06.03-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1 January 1866
Author/Creator
Winder, Richard Bayly, 1828-1894
Title
[Drawing of a cell in Libby Prison]
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 25 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

The docket indicates that Winder drew this while imprisoned in Libby Prison after the Civil War. He had been held there for his role in the mistreatment of Union prisoners of war at Andersonville Prison.

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