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The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers
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"The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers: Scenes from life as a prisoner of war, with explanations--sketched by Lieut. & Top Eng'r O.R. Dahl, 15th Wisconsin Infantry." Lithograph of 31 scenes of prisons and prison life.
1865
Dahl, Ole Rasmussen, 1817-1882
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Camp Asylum
1865
Detail (central image) of "The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers" showing Camp Asylum in South Carolina.
Officers of the United States Army and Navy, Prisoners of War, Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia
Decorative lithograph with hundreds of prisoners' names, as well as scenes from the prison motifs as four insets, one on each corner: Libby Prison; Belle Island; Castle Thunder; Scene in Libby.
Near North Gate--Awaiting Entrance of More Prisoners, Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia
1863
Woodcut of Andersonville Prison from the "Report of the Andersonville Monument Commission." About 1863-1865.
A general account of prison life and prisons in the South during the War of the Rebellion
1890
Book excerpt featuring an account by Henry B. Furness who was a Sergeant with Company B of the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which served under General Sheridan's division of the Army...
Prisoners of War Washing Clothes
July 13, 1945
Three German prisoners of war are scrubbing their clothes on the cement floor of their barracks at a prisoner of war camp. The prisoners are engaged in agricultural work at a local cannery.
Andersonville Prison. Camp Sumpter, Georgia.
1864
"Andersonville Prison, Camp Sumter, Ga., as it appeared August 1st 1864 when it contained 35,000 prisoners of war."
