The great rebel prison-pen at Andersonville, Georgia – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique engraving captures The great rebel prison-pen at Andersonville, Georgia in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The great rebel prison-pen at Andersonville, Georgia
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Andersonville, the Confederate prison in southwest Georgia that the Union press called the "rebel prison-pen," is the setting of this wood engraving, made from a drawing by R. Sneden and published in *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper* on October 21, 1865. The camp, formally Camp Sumter, opened in early 1864 and held tens of thousands of Union prisoners in an overcrowded stockade with little shelter, clean water, or food. About 13,000 of them died there before it closed in May 1865. The issue appeared only months after the war ended, when public anger over the conditions was at its height and the camp's commandant, Henry Wirz, was awaiting trial.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | 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. Caption card tracings: Civil War - Prisons--Andersonville; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,100 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118400 |
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