File:Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864 LOC 2015587286.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionSumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864 LOC 2015587286.jpg |
English: Shows the prison with wooden fence, 18 guard towers, the famous "deadline," the north and south gates, Sweetwater Creek, "Valley of Death," fortification, batteries, and cook house. He depicts overcrowding by a blizzard of tiny dots everywhere, writing the dots stand for "Union soldiers." Date written on map: June 1863 with penciled 4 over the 3. Pen-and-ink on blue tinted note paper. Purchase, James Madison Council / Edwin L. Cox American Legacy Fund, March, 2015. Imperfect: Torn at fold lines, stained with several small holes and large central hole, and missing small sections of map along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. |
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Title InfoField | Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864 | ||
Shelf ID InfoField | G3924.A43:2A6 1864 .C2 | ||
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Source | https://www.loc.gov/item/2015587286/ | ||
Author | Caulfield, Patt | ||
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Location InfoField | United States · Andersonville · Georgia | ||
Part of InfoField | Military Battles And Campaigns · American Memory · Civil War Maps · Catalog · Geography And Map Division | ||
Subject InfoField | Prisoners Of War · Prisoners And Prisons · Georgia · Prisons · Fortification · Andersonville · Civil War · United States · Maps · Andersonville Prison · Manuscript Maps · History |
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