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Riddle, A.J. Andersonville Prison, Georgia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06999.04 Author/Creator: Riddle, A.J. Place Written: Andersonville, Ga. Type: Photograph Date: 1864 August 17 Pagination: 1 albumen ; 17.6 cm. x 22.9 cm. Order a Copy

Caption printed on mount reads: "Andersonville Prison, Georgia. View from the Main Gate. Issuing Rations to thirty-three thousand Prisoners." Bears Century Co. stamp and several inscriptions.

Riddle, A.J

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