[Civil War] Bird's-eye View of Andersonville Prison from the South-east

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Keystone Pub. Co., 1890. [Civil War] Bird's-eye View of Andersonville Prison from the South-east, Keystone Pub. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1890.

Chromolithographic print measures 17 x 21 3/4 inches. Chipping along bottom edge with 2 3/4-inch x 1/2-inch piece missing lower left corner. These defects could be covered with mat board if framed. Two closed tears in margins. 4-inch closed tear archivally repaired from middle of bottom edge into print. Margins unevenly trimmed. Very light wrinkle to paper in upper third noticeable at certain angles. Odd line of miniscule triangles along bottom edge--maybe artifact of previous frame? Sounds worse than it is. Good condition.

Bird's-eye view of the short-lived yet dreadful Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter) where thousands of Union Soldiers were imprisoned, 1864-1865.

Image shows the prison surrounded by two rows of stockade fences with multiple gun towers along the inner wall. A more genteel camp outside the prison likely for confederate soldiers working the camp. Two large confederate flags near horizon. Armed soldiers patrol the area between the two stockade fences.

One contemporary description from Robert H. Kellogg, sergeant major in the 16th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers states "As we entered the place, a spectacle met our eyes that almost froze our blood with horror, and made our hearts fail within us. Before us were forms that had once been active and erect; —stalwart men, now nothing but mere walking skeletons, covered with filth and vermin." Due to horrid sanitary conditions, scurvy, diarrhea, and dysentery killed up to 28% of those held captive.

Caption in lower right corner reads, "Sparks from Camp Fire".

The prison sight is now part of Andersonville National Historic Site managed by the National Park Service. Item #2424

Price: $850.00