Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864
Summary
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.
Tags
Date
01/01/1864
Location
andersonville
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain