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
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.
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.
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 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, August 1864
Taken from a guard tower near the north gate along the west wall, this photograph shows the ration wagon with prisoners crowded around. The structure at upper center is the Sutler's shanty.
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 Prison, August 1864
Taken from along the east wall, just north of the creek. Looking south across the sinks. Prisoners using the sinks can be seen in the foreground. Guard towers along the south wall are visible in the background.
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
Andersonville Prison, August 1864
Taken from a guard tower along the east wall, looking northwest across the prison site. The sutler's shanty is at center, and the north gate is to the left.
Andersonville Prison, August 1864
Taken from along the east wall, south of the creek while looking northwest. Shows the sinks and the cluster of shelters known as "The Island."
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, August 1864
Taken from a guard tower along the west wall near the north gate, looking across the entire south end of the prison. Note the three pine trees standing in the southwest corner, as depicted in several prisoner ... 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.
Andersonville Prison, August 1864
Taken from a guard tower in the northeast corner of the prison site, looking southwest. This area is where the modern reconstruction is located today.
![Map made at Andersonville Prison [Sept. 1864].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvbWFwLW1hZGUtYXQtYW5kZXJzb252aWxsZS1wcmlzb24tc2VwdC0xODY0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/36/webp "Map made at Andersonville Prison [Sept. 1864].")
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
Andersonville Prison, August 1864
Taken from a guard tower along the east wall, looking southwest across the sinks. The Star Fort is located among the trees at center on the outside of the prison walls.
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
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).
Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...
A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More
A proper family re-union, Confederate States of America.
A biting cartoon showing Confederate president Jefferson Davis in league with both the devil and Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold. Arnold and Davis stir a cauldron of "Treason Toddy," a brew into whic... More
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.
"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
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.
Andersonville national historic site - Stockade Branch
Small stream on East side of Andersonville Prison was the prison's mail water supply. The stream quickly became contaminated as the prison was forced to hold many more prisoner's than was anticipated. The priso... More
We never can forget it, or The Memories of Andersonville prison pen
Music associated with the Union side
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More
We never can forget it, or The Memories of Andersonville prison pen
Music associated with the Union side
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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More
We never can forget it, or The Memories of Andersonville prison pen
Music associated with the Union side
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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More
We never can forget it, or The Memories of Andersonville prison pen
Music associated with the Union side
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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... 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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... 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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... 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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... 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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... 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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... 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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... 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
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
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,
Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More