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Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864--Southwest view of stockade showing the dead-line – Historic Photo Reproduction

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864--Southwest view of stockade showing the dead-line, [photographed 1864, printed later] — historic photograph
Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864--Southwest view of stockade showing the dead-line, [photographed 1864, printed later]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864--Southwest view of stockade showing the dead-line comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864--Southwest view of stockade showing the dead-line

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Taken in August 1864, this view looks southwest across the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, and shows the dead-line, a marked boundary inside the walls that prisoners could not cross without risking being shot. The Confederate prison, called Camp Sumter, held tens of thousands of Union soldiers in a space far too small for them, leaving many without adequate shelter, clean water or food. About 13,000 of the men held there died before the war ended, making it the deadliest of the Civil War prisons.

Created / published[photographed 1864, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1860-1910.
NotesCivil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 8219.
SubjectsAndersonville Prison--1860-1870. Prisoners of war--Union--Georgia--Andersonville--1860-1870. Prisons--Georgia--Andersonville--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners--Union.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,275 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-198719

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