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File Details: ALJZm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 49.3 Mb
| Credit: | unknown photographer |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1865.04 |
| Negative Size: | stereo |
| Equipment: | horse; telegraph pole; telegraph wire |
| Locations & Lines: | Richmond VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | CS Army; US Army |
| Structures & Establishments: | Libby Prison (Richmond VA) |
| Transports: | freight wagon |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
Photographic War History. The War for the Union. 1861-1865. No. 6161 [changed from 3364]. Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. This is a view of the imfamous [sic] Libby Prison, where so many of our Union soldiers suffered and starve during the war. It would take volumes to tell the story of Libby Prison. It was an old tobacco warehouse which the Rebels converted into a prison for Union soldiers. There is not a Grand Army Post through all our land but whas has among its members some comrade who knows from experience just what a “hell hole” this place was. The building has now been torn down, and if the spot where it stood could be wiped off the face of the earth, it would be well. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]
Anthony No. 3365.
Etched onto negative: 3365.
