andersonville

Rebel prison at Andersonville & surrounding fortifications

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Castle Reed, prison for federal officers at Andersonville, Georgia

Photograph of a print showing the smaller second stockade at Andersonville prison called Castle Reed. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Andersonville Prison Historic map, Library of Congress

Detailed plan of Andersonville Prison Camp, showing Sweetwater Lick to the north, and the Southwestern & Enfaula Railroad to the east. Shows the main forts, stockade and cemetery. NOTE: Researchers will be serv... More

Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison

Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Georgia., Confederate States of America.

Shows railroad lines emanating south and east of Atlanta going toward Macon and Columbus, Ga., with a notation "125 miles from Atlanta to Andersonville [Prison]."

Andersonville Prison Historic map, Library of Congress

Detailed plan of Andersonville Prison Camp, showing Sweetwater Lick to the north, and the Southwestern & Enfaula Railroad to the east. Shows the main forts, stockade and cemetery.

Night Museum January 2013 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

In order to prevent escapes, Confederate staff at Andersonville kept bonfires lit around the prison at night. Here, a bonfire flickers against the stockade walls and illuminates the guard standing watch.

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. South view of stockade

No. 8216. Hand written on verso: "Vol. VII, p. 119 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

A.E. Vining diary. American Civil War

Vining diaries. An 1864 diary. The diary of A.E. Vining describes daily military life and his capture and captivity at Andersonville prison. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Burial Detail at Andersonville, August 1864

Those that died at Andersonville were buried in shallow trenches by their fellow prisoners who were paroled out onto work details.

Andersonville Prison, Georgia in July 1864.

Illustrates a detailed outline of the actual prison yard with acreage and stockade dimensions given. Also, shows the surrounding area where the following sites were located: "death house," graveyard, rifle tre... More

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South end view of the stockade Showing ...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, masses of huts made of sticks and blankets, and a stockade with sentry boxes in the distance (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warren L. Goss of Co. H, 2nd ... More

Andersonville National Cemetery, August 1864

Photograph of the national cemetery as it appeared during the prison's operation. This is either taken from near the modern entrance to the cemetery looking across section K, or from in between sections J and ... More

Andersonville Prison, Georgia in July 1864

Illustrates a detailed outline of the actual prison yard with acreage and stockade dimensions given. Also, shows the surrounding area where the following sites were located: "death house," graveyard, rifle tre... More

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. North-west view of stockad...

No. 8215. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VII, p. 75 (bottom)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. South east view of stockad...

No. 8217. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VII, p. 75 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. South east view of stockad...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War, 19th-century early photogrpahy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andersonville 1864 - 2013 - National Parks Gallery

Panoramic image of the prison site as it looks today, with historic images taken by AJ Riddle in 1864 superimposed across.

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South-east view, taken from the stockad...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, a group involved in a court martial or trial of a prisoner on the left, a structure with four poles and a blanket roof used as a barber shop in the m... More

Plan of Andersonville Prison, Georgia 1864.

Shows dimensions, layout, outbuildings and immediate surroundings of Andersonville Prison Camp, Georgia. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image. Relief shown by hachures. This it... More

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. Bird's eye view

No. 8218. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VII, page 175." Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Plan of the prison. March 1, 1864. - Public domain map

Map shows the plan of Andersonville Prison Camp including the stockade, the town of Anderson Station on the Macon and Americus Rail Road, the locations of Confederate units serving as guards, and the headquarte... More

Plan of Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Aug. 1864

Map shows a detailed plan of the Andersonville prison complex including locations of external defenses, guards' and officers' quarters, hospital, storehouses, cook house, and graveyard, and the use of the terra... More

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Bird's eye view - gathering roots to bo...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground and masses of huts made of sticks and blankets; the cluster of huts in the foreground was referred to as "Mud Island" (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warre... More

Plan of Andersonville Prison, Sumter Co., Georgia.

This is a revised plan showing the physical layout of Andersonville Prison in August 1864. This is a corrected drawing of his map cataloged as Mss5:1 Sn237:1 (v. 5, p. 451). Bottom margin of the map: "During Au... More

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. Issuing rations, view from...

No. 8220. Hand written on verso: "[Miller] Vol. VII, p. 131". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gate of Andersonville - Public domain scenic drawing

Signed lower right: T. Miller. Title inscribed below image. Fomerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US - Waud, no. 791. Formerly Waud no. B-26 Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R2.2.7... More

Map made at Andersonville Prison [Sept. 1864].

This regional view locates the prison camp in relation to Columbia, Macon, and Milledgeville, Ga., as well as the town of Andersonville. Parts of bordering Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina are also indica... More

Plan of Andersonville Prison or "Camp Sumter," April, 1864

Illustrates the layout of Andersonville Camp, as Sneden refers to the prison, and the surrounding area where Confederate guard troops of the 1st Florida Battery were stationed including the headquarters of Capt... More

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Letter to wife, 1864...

Prison at Andersonville, Ga. - Public domain old map

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 134 From Sanitary Commission bulletin, v. 1, no. 21, Sept. 1, 1864. opp. p. 647. Plan of camp showing the prison, the "dead line," "Rebel camp," batteries, "Gen. Wi... More

Andersonville Prison, August 1864

Several of AJ Riddle's photographs can be lined up to form panoramic images of the prison site. These were taken from along the east wall looking southwest across the sinks.

Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sen...

Depicts railroad lines from Raleigh, N.C., through South Carolina and Georgia, highlighting in purple ink the particular train route Sneden took as a prisoner. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocop... More

Andersonville Prison, August 1864

Several of AJ Riddle's photographs can be lined up to form panoramic images of the prison site. This one shows the east wall looking northwest across the prison site.

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. View from the main gate Issuing rations...

Photograph shows prisoners gathered for rations distribution in front of Confederate sutlers building and stockade in the distance (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warren L. Goss of Co. H, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Art... More

Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864

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... More

Plan of Andersonville Prison or "Camp Sumter," April, 1864.

Illustrates the layout of Andersonville Camp, as Sneden refers to the prison, and the surrounding area where Confederate guard troops of the 1st Florida Battery were stationed including the headquarters of Capt... More

The great rebel prison-pen at Andersonville, Georgia

Wood engraving (keyed) from drawing by R. Sneden. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 21 (1865 Oct. 21), p. 73. Reference copy may be... More

Relics of Andersonville Prison from the collection brought from there ...

Inscribed on back: Very Truly yours Dorence Atwater. Entered according to act of Congress by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 ... District of Columbia. Clara Barton Collection (Library of Congress).

Relics of Andersonville Prison - Early photography, Public domain imag...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface t... More

Andersonville - view from the main gate

Large group of soldiers. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 33 (1866). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Civil War Prisons.

Andersonville Prison, Camp Sumter, Ga., as it appeared August 1st 1864...

20466 U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.

Andersonville Prison pen, looking Northeast from the Southwest corner

Engraving from a photograph. Illus. in: Century Magazine, v. 40, May-Oct. 1890. Reference copy may be in LOT 4420-U. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War... More

View from Wirz's headquarters of the stockade at Andersonville

From a sketch made at the time by R.K. Sneden. Illus. in: Century Magazine, v. 40, May-Oct. 1890. Reference copy may be in LOT 4420-U. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card t... More

"Trading buttons for peppers" / Jas. E. Taylor 96.

Photograph of drawing by James E. Taylor showing prisoners at Andersonville Prison surrounding a Confederate officer and exchanging a button for a pepper as other prisoners behind the officer cut buttons from h... More

Emogene Marshall visiting her brother's grave, December 1901

Emogene Marshall visits the grave of her brother, Edwin Niver, in December 1901, when she was visiting Andersonville for the dedication of the Ohio Monument

Andersonville Cemetery Then & Now

A soldier stationed at Andersonville Cemetery poses with two young African American children circa 1906-1911. During this time, the majority of the visitors to Andersonville were African Americans.

Illinois Monument Dedication, December 1912

The members of the Illinois Monument Commission at the dedication of the monument, December 1912. Historic Image courtesy of the Midway Village Museum Rockford, IL

Andersonville Historic map, Library of Congress

Covers Andersonville National Historic Site. Panel title. "GPO--1977." Includes text, notes, and index of monuments. Text, location map, and ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More

The National Park Service devotes a portion of the Andersonville Priso...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Prisoner lean-tos at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Monument to Prisoners of War, "The Georgia Monument", sculpted by Wil...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided... More

Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia, official map and guide

"*GPO: 1993--342-398/600174. Reprint 1993." Panel title. Alternate panel title: Andersonville. Oriented with north to the left. Includes text, descriptive notes, col. ill., and area map. Text, ill. (some col.),... More

Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia, official map and guide

"*GPO: 1998--432-903/60234." Panel title. Includes descriptive index to points of interest, area map, text, and col. ill. Text, ill. (some col.), graphs, and historic view of Andersonville prison camp on verso.... More

Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia, official map and guide

"*GPO: 1999--454-767/00017. Reprint 1999." Panel title. Includes descriptive index to points of interest, area map, text, and col. ill. Text, ill. (some col.), graphs, and historic view of Andersonville prison ... More

Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia, official map and guide

"*GPO: 2000--460-976/00288. Reprint 2000." Panel title. Includes descriptive index to points of interest, area map, text, and col. ill. Text, ill. (some col.), graphs, and historic view of Andersonville prison ... More

General view, Cemetary - National Parks Gallery

General view, Cemetary Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia, official map and guide

"*GPO: 2001--472-470/40052. Reprint 2001." Panel title. Includes descriptive index to points of interest, area map, text, and col. ill. Text, ill. (some col.), graphs, and historic view of Andersonville prison ... More

The Raiders, Jefferson national expansion memorial

The Raiders Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Minnesota Monument - National Parks Gallery

The Minnesota Monument Public domain photograph - park, sign, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia

"*GPO: 2006--320-369/00548 Reprint 2006." Title from panel. Includes descriptive index to points of interest, area map, text, and col. ill. Text, graphs, and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through th... More

Andersonville national historic site - Looking South

Looking south, from the northwest corner of the prison site. Several monuments are visible, lit by the luminaries.

Looking north across the prison site

Looking north toward the National Prisoner of War Museum from the area of the southwest corner of the prison site.

Andersonville national historic site - Luminary scene

A detail image of luminaries, taken at the southwest corner of the prison site, looking north.

Luminary bags on the north field

Luminary bags on the north field, with the reconstructed stockade wall in the distance

Andersonville national historic site - Placing luminaries

Volunteers place luminary bags in the north field area of the prison site. In the distance, luminary bags can be seen on the south field.

[Statue "The Andersonville boy" at the Connecticut State Capitol is lo...

The Capitol building houses the Connecticut General Assembly; the upper house, the State Senate, and lower house, the House of Representatives. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photograph... More

Night Museum November 2012 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

The National Prisoner of War Museum was designed with numerous outdoor lighting features that are only visible during our Night Museum programs

Night Museum November 2012 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

The National Prisoner of War Museum illuminates the night sky from across the prison site.

Night Museum November 2012 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

Living historians struggle to stay warm amid the crisp fall air, much as prisoners would have done in November 1864.

Memorial Day 2013 - National Parks Gallery

The Georgia State Honor Guard during the Memorial Day service Public domain photograph - military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andersonville Sinks 1864 - 2013

A historic photo of the sinks at Andersonville superimposed across a photo of the same area today.

Fawn resting in section H - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

A fawn rests against the rear of several Civil War prisoner of war graves, located in section H of the Andersonville National Cemetery.

Night Museum January 2013 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Prisoners huddle around a small fire to keep warm while the prison is bathed in moonlight

Night Museum January 2013 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

A guard stands watch over the prison at dusk. Public domain photograph - prisoners of war, military forces during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A fawn rests against Civil War headstones

A fawn rests against headstones at the rear of section H in the national cemetery.

Memorial Day 2013 - National Parks Gallery

Various organizations present wreaths during the annual Memorial Day service at Andersonville National Cemetery

Memorial Day 2013 - National Parks Gallery

A park volunteer straightens flags in a Civil War section of Andersonville National Cemetery

Night Museum January 2013 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Dr. John Derden signs copies of his book, "Camp Lawton: The World's Largest Prison" for visitors during the January 2013 Night Museum program.

Former Iraq Campaign POW U.S. Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson

Former Iraq Campaign POW U.S. Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson is being interviewed by Navy Reserve Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam Stapleton in the museum of the Andersonville National Historic Site aft... More

Vietnam veterans enter Andersonville National Historic

Vietnam veterans enter Andersonville National Historic Site to recognize the sacrifice of America's POW/MIA during a service at the site. More than 200 attendees participated in the the event. (U.S. Navy photo ... More

Examining the Traveling Exhibit

Chief of Interpretation Eric Leonard demosntrates the interactive portion of the "Victory From Within" traveling exhibit to members of the American Ex-Prisoners of War Association.

Abraham Lincoln looking East. U.S. Army Reserve Command

A relief of Abraham Lincoln adorns a memorial at Andersonville Georgia State Park.

Gateway to stockade - An old photo of a dirt road in the desert

Photograph shows loosely set posts forming a stockade wall possibly constructred by Union soldiers at Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robi... More

Confederate commisary i.e. commissary depot, Andersonville, Ga

Photograph shows a seated in the doorway of the commissary building where food and supplies arrived by rail for prisoners at Andersonville military prison in Georgia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-201... More

Section of National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. photographed and pu...

Photograph shows a section of headstones at Andersonville National Cemetery which began burying soldiers in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Part of series: Stereoscopic views of Anders... More

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864

Graves of the six men hung at Andersonville, Ga., July 11th, 1864 phot...

Photograph shows six headstones over the graves of men who were accused of robbing and murdering their comrades. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Stereoscopic views of Andersonvi... More

Section of National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. photographed and pu...

Photograph shows a section of headstones at Andersonville National Cemetery which began burying soldiers in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Part of series: Stereoscopic views of Anders... More

National cemetery, Andersonville, Ga - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows the main avenue looking north at Andersonville National Cemetery, which began burying soldiers in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford ... More

Main avenue, National Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga, looking south

Photograph shows men standing by a horse drawn cart on a dirt road at the National Cemetery in Andersonville, Georgia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Co... More

Clara Barton Papers: Subject File, 1861-1952; Civil War; Andersonville...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Andersonville prison. Georgia - Print, Library of Congress collection

623 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sinclair, T.

Andersonville prison. Georgia - Print, Library of Congress collection

622 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sinclair, T.

Relics of Andersonville Prison from the collection brought from there ...

Photograph shows objects used by prisoners at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, arranged for display. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Museum Qu... More

Clara Barton Papers: Subject File, 1861-1952; Civil War; Andersonville...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Spot, Cuban Bloodhound, used for capturing escaped Union prisoners at ...

Printed on verso: Detailed description of the dog. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: James C. Frasca, Croton, Ohio, October 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist ... More

"Leaving Andersonville" J.E. Taylor 96

Photograph of drawing by James E. Taylor shows Union prisoners going through door in stockade wall as one prisoner collects a cake of bread. 13448 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting by J.E. Taylor, 1... More

Street Scenes, 5100-5300 block of N. Clark, Andersonville, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-4, street scenes, 5100-5300 block of N. Clark, Andersonville, exterior of Erickson's Delicatessen; 5-9, interior of store; note painting on cover of freezer chest; 10-11, Ann Nils... More