Civil War - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)

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Civil War - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)

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A New Batch at Andersonville
Title: A new batch at Andersonville Abstract/medium: 1 drawing on orange paper : pencil ; 23.6 x 31.8 cm. (sheet).
Signed lower right: W.W.
Title inscribed below image.
On verso study for DRWG/US - Waud (W.), no 14 (A size)
Gift, J.P. Morgan,…

Andersonville in 1864, Andersonville National Historic Site, 1864.
Nazareth Allen, of Bibb County, Georgia, was one of the several Andersonville guards who spoke during the trial of Henry Wirz in fall 1865. Allen testified, "I was on duty at the stockade as a sentry. I had the means of observing the condition of…

The Confederate Civil War prisoner camp in Andersonville, Georgia, was an utter nightmare for the many soldiers held within. It was dangerously overcrowded, rife with disease, and food and medical supplies were always in short supply.

Captain Henry Wirz
War uniform image of Civil War, Confederate Captain Henry Wirz.

Andersonville Prison
Areas of the sketch are numbered, the labels at the bottom are transcribed below:

1. Head Quarters,
2. Rebel Camp.
3. Hospital,
4. Cook House,
5. Death House,
6. Death Line,
7. The Island,
8. Sutler's Camp,
9. Police Quarters.

10.…

We never can forget it ; or, the memories of Andersonville Prison pens / words by Mrs. M. A. Kidder author of "Victory at last" ; music by Henry Tucker, author of "When this cruel war is over," "It's all up in Dixey," "Dear mother, I've come home to die," etc., etc.
For voice and piano. ; Caption title. ; Black and white lithograph depicting nine non-descript scenes surrounding a series of bayonets holding banners with words of the title. ; Verses 3-5 printed as text on page [4]. ; "Electrotyped by Smith &…

Battles of the Rebellion
Image of nine vignettes portraying American Civil War battle scenes surrounding a moonlit evening scene of a man and woman embracing near two trees with a large snake on the ground nearby; goddess Columbia with American flag at top center; scene…

Map of Andersonville Prisoners of War Camp, 1860's Era U.S.
Map of Andersonville prison for Confederate prisoners of war. Map details significant sites on the prison grounds.

1864 Andersonville Prison, GA
Image displayed is of the confederates POW camp, Andersonville, during the U.S. civil war. Depicted is the disbursement of rations to prisoners from the unions side of the war.
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