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Libby Prison War Museum, Chicago, Illinois

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Exterior view of Libby Prison War Museum.

Publication Information

Physical Description

Format
Image
Dimensions
17 x 11 cm

Collection Information

Digital Collection
Wisconsin in the Civil War
Call Number
Album 14.77

Copyright Information

Copyright Status
COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W013IVE
Legacy ID
WHi 70733

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Photographs
Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

1863

A heavily retouched photographic view of Libby Prison. This view shows tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings.

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Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

1864

Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foreground near the tents.

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Manuscripts
Officers of the United States Army and Navy, Prisoners of War, Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

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.

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Prints
Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

circa 1860-1869

Woodcut of "Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.--Place of Confinement for U.S. Soldiers Captured by the Rebels.--From a Photograph." This view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings.

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Photographs
Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

1864

Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.

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Photographs
Fragment of the Andersonville Prison Stockade, Andersonville, Georgia

Fragment of the Andersonville Prison Stockade, Andersonville, Georgia

1870

Fragment of the Andersonville Prison Stockade among overgrowth of trees.

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