Contributed by Freeport Historical Society
Description
This lithograph of Andersonville Prison, Georgia, was sketched by John Burns Walker, a Union soldier. 12,877 Union troops died here in a short period of time at the end of the Civil War. Printed by T. Sinclair, Philadelphia, ca. 1864.
About This Item
- Title: Andersonville Prison, J.B. Walker, lithograph, ca. 1864
- Creator: John Burns Walker
- Creation Date: circa 1864
- Subject Date: circa 1864
- Location: Andersonville, GA
- Media: Paper
- Local Code: Andersonville Prison, J.B. Walker
- Collection: Dillingham family papers, Coll 135
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Prisons--Georgia--Andersonville--1860-1870.
- Andersonville Prison--1860-1870.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners--Union.
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