Details
Creator Morton, J. W., Jr.
Title Birds-eye view of Andersonville Prison from the south-east [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : J.W. Morton, Jr
Date 1890
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 60 x 51 cm (23.5 x 20 in.)
Description Birds-eye view of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war-camp in Georgia, with the vast prison area surrounded by stockade fences. In the center are numerous prisoners and their hand-made housing, consisting of various fabrics and mounds of dirt. Guard towers surround the fence and guards, on foot, horseback, and in horse-drawn carts patrol. In the right, men, many of whom use canes or crutches and have amputated legs sit, lie down, or walk in a separate fenced area that has tents. Two cannon emplacements with soldiers are visible in the foreground. Several buildings and a train traveling down the railroad tracks are visible in the background. The prison operated from February 1864 until April 1865. It housed up to 45,000 Union prisoners in overcrowded conditions and had the highest death rate of all the Civil War prisons.
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Copyright, 1890 by J.W. Morton, Jr.
Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Subject Andersonville Prison.
Amputees.
Cannons.
Military prisons.
People with disabilities.
Prisoners of war -- Union -- Georgia -- Andersonville.
Geographic subject Confederate States of America.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Atrocities -- Confederate.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prison.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **GC - Civil War - Prisons [P.2011.45.4]
Accession number P.2011.45.4