Unknown Panoramic View of South End of Andersonville Prison, Ga.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06999.30 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Andersonville, Georgia Type: Sketch Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 print ; 19.2 x 29.3 cm. Order a Copy
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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