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Panoramic View of South End of Andersonville Prison, Ga.

This print of a sketch is based on A.J. Riddle's photograph of the southeast view of Andersonville Prison. With Century Co. stamp and various inscriptions. Caption on verso reads "photographed from the Branch in summer of 1864. Sink or trough in...

GLC06999.30

Union prisoners of war at Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia

Recto and verso each contain composite views of the southeastern and southwestern parts of the prison compound (2 prints mounted per side). With Century Co. stamp and various notations.

GLC06999.31

"…North End of Andersonville Prison, Ga."

Image composed of two mounted albumen prints, with ink and paint embellishments. With Century Co. stamp and various inscriptions.

GLC06999.35

Map of the prison

Map of the prison, with the locations of photographs # 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 marked.

GLC06999.36

Map of the prison and surrounding areas.

Map of the prison and surrounding areas.

GLC06999.37

Photographs of Andersinville[Notes]

Notes, with autograph corrections, containing detailed descriptions of nine Riddle photographs. 9 p. His numbers correspond to those in this collection as follows: #1 (item #1), #2 (items #2-3), #3 (item #4), #4 (item #5), #5 (items #6-7), #6...

GLC06999.38

Catalog of An Important Collection of Fine and Rare Photographs.

Auction catalog from which Neville Franklin Dragoo purchased this collection (lots #200, 212, and 215).

GLC06999.39

[List]

Inventory of the collection by a previous owner.

GLC06999.41

to Mary A. Willis

Writing from inside the walls of the "Castle of Perote" (Perote Prison), Thurman informs Willis that her husband, O.R. Willis, has died. Praises her deceased husband as a "Patriot and a Gentleman," telling her that he "was highly esteemed" and his...

GLC06626

to Sarah Ogden

Writes from Mt. Holly, a present day township in Burlington County, New Jersey. Informs Ogden his son was wounded and taken prisoner. Notes he obtained this information from a soldier who was captured at the same time. The soldier said that Thomas...

GLC06559.019

to Sarah Ogden

Writes he was wounded and taken prisoner on 8 May at Spotsylvania, Virginia. Says he was shot in the left knee, but the bone was not hit. He was sent to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, and escaped on the first of July, but was soon recaptured...

GLC06559.028

to Sarah Ogden

Says he is presently guarding a Rebel prison in Richmond, Virginia. Describes the mens' reaction to the report of Lincoln's assassination, and the sadness that settled over the entire army when the news was confirmed. Envelope includes a three cent...

GLC06559.060

[Special order: Arrest warrant from a Confederate state military prison]

Orders that John Thomas be brought to the prison "dead or alive." Signed by Wirz as Sergeant of Post, at the Confederate Military Prison at Tuscaloosa, before he was promoted to Commandant of Andersonville Prison, where he gained notoriety....

GLC02514

to Virginia Clay-Clopton

Clay, a former U.S. and Confederate Senator, writes to his wife while imprisoned at Fort Monroe. Informs her that, "The hardest part of my trial here has been my solicitude about you, my parents and other kindred, who, I feared, would be tortured by...

GLC02590

[Certification of a sutler for prisoners of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois]

Appoints Luman Burr to the position of sutler (someone who supplies provisions) for the prisoners of war at Camp Douglas. Signed as Brigadier General commanding the Post of Chicago. Orme was promoted to brigadier general in November of 1862. He...

GLC02705

to Mary Epperly

Reports that he just returned from escorting Federal prisoners to Andersonville, Georgia. Mentions battles fought on 22 July and 28 July.

GLC02715.102

to Nancy E. Jones

Details of his capture, imprisonment at Andersonville, and release.

GLC02739.149

to Willard W. Glazier

Writes to Glazier, a Lieutenant who had just escaped from a Confederate prison, to express his "high appreciation of" his "many soldierly qualities". Remembers that in his old regiment Glazier was a private. Two bust engravings of Kilpatrick included...

GLC02457.10

[Presidential appointment of James Dunlop, William O'Neale, and Thomas Carbery as inspectors of the District of Columbia penitentiary]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Louis McLane. With two engraved portraits of Andrew Jackson. One bust engraving of Jackson included as collateral.

GLC00937

[Abraham Lincoln endorsement]

Lincoln endorsement written on the fourth page of an autograph letter signed of P. Golden from Bangor, Maine to John H. Rice of Washington dated 29 December 1864. Golden asks that a cousin John Murphy, a prisoner of war, be discharged. Golden...

GLC01772

Pardon of William H. Gannaway, convicted of distilling without a license. Includes case letters.

Convicted of "illicit distilling;" sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and to pay a $1000 fine. Pardoned due to his poverty and had a dependent family. (c/s Hamilton Fish)

GLC00045.24

The Martyrs who, for our country, gave up their lives in the prison pens in Andersonville, Ga.

Contains a report by Captain James M. Moore, the assistant quartermaster for the United States army, dated 20 September 1866 followed by a list of those interred at Andersonville, Georgia (which takes up 216 pages). Issued by the Quartermaster...

GLC00267.321

House of Representatives. Report # 67. Returned Prisoners.

38th Congress, 1st session. Signed by W. L. Ransom. Report made by Daniel Gooch of the Joint Committee on the Conduct and Expenditures of the War. Describes in detail the harsh treatment endured by prisoners of war and the destitute condition of...

GLC00267.358

to J. E. Boos

Charles T. Williams certifies that he served in the Union Army (in the 1st New Jersey Infantry and the 1st New Jersey Cavalry) for three years and nine months during the Civil War. During that time he was a prisoner of war for eighteen months, twelve...

GLC00272.01

to James Barnes

Augur, commander of the Department of Washington, Twenty-second Army Corps, writes to General Barnes, commander of the prisoner-of-war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland. Authorizes Barnes to allow a Major from the 28th Regiment, United States Colored...

GLC02465.01

The Oflag 64 Item [no. 12 (October 1, 1944)]

One newspaper entitled The Oflag 64 Item no. 12 dated October 1, 1944, by Frank Diggs as editor. The newspaper was published in Szubin, Poland by American officers temporarily detained in Offizierslager 64. A monthly American prisoner of war camp...

GLC10123

to Samuel Galloway

Writes as Postmaster General regarding a visit to President Lincoln to discuss sick and wounded Confederate prisoners of war. States Lincoln said, " ... that he couldn't see the wisdom of our Keeping and maintaining at the Expense of the Govt...

GLC03500

to Joseph M. Maitland

Updates his son with news of Morgan's Raid: "The Morgan Raid has been the absorbing topic for the last two weeks and strong efforts have been made to capture him. Thus far about 3,000 of his men have been captured, and sent to different places for...

GLC03523.10.085

to mother

Two letters. First letter apologizes for delay in communication as a result of the Battle of Cedar Creek. In his second letter he mentions that he received orders from General Ulysses S.Grant to be ready for an attack from "Mr. [Jubal] Early." Is...

GLC03523.18.30

to W

Writes that by keeping in contact with home the soldiers and those they left at home feel better. Explains the anguish felt while waiting to hear from loved ones or friends after a battle. Hopes that General Ulysses S. Grant will "hurry affairs" in...

GLC03523.42.11

[Hanging of Henry Wirz]

With pencil notes on verso: "752" and "XXVIII."

GLC03596

to Asa Smith

Written by Harlow to his cousin Asa Smith in the Union Army. Harlow and Smith were not close before Smith joined the army, but Harlow hopes they will get to know each other through writing. Harlow claims he heard Smith was in good health through...

GLC03742.03

Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers & soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel authorities.

Title continues, "Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an Appendix, containing the Testimony." Reprints the report of the Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the U.S. Sanitary...

GLC03597

to Thomas M. Vincent

Parker, the Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment, writes to Colonel Vincent to relay a statement on the service of Eleazer L. Sarsons. Recounts Sarsons service, which included a time as a prisoner of war in...

GLC03953.09

[Collection of Hiram C. Wells]

The collection includes his 1863 diary, military papers and personal and legal papers (mostly pre and post-war). Gives good view of life in cavalry with skirmishes, scouts, etc. Regiment took part in siege of Knoxville. Wells was later captured...

GLC03131.15

[Letters of Mitchell Pugh, Byrum Hesh, Thomas Mitchell & Eli Pugh, D company, 50th regiment, Virginia, infantry] [decimalized]

Collection of twenty-nine letters, twenty-two of which are war date, from various individuals: Mitchell Pugh, Byrum B. Hesh (or Bryam D. Hash), Thomas F. Mitchell and Eli Pugh of Co. D, 50th Virginia Regiment; A. Pugh of Co. C, 16th North Carolina...

GLC03135.06

to Elizabeth J. Mitchell

re: death of a fellow prisoner at Johnson's Island; attempts to secure release of David Pennington and Noah Blevins.

GLC03135.06.008

to Elizabeth J. Mitchell

re: activities and emotions since release from Johnson's Island.

GLC03135.06.009

Correspondence to George Nichols about finances [Decimalized .01-.15]

Hincks spells his name as Hinks until GLC03212.12 when he begins to sign it Hincks. It also appears on the stationery printed as Hincks on GLC03212.12 and .14. Includes five other envelopes that are addressed to Nichols but do not have...

GLC03212

to John Saunders

Written by Marion as Brigadier General of militia and a well-known partisan to Saunders as a Royalist Captain in the British Army and commander of the garrison at Georgetown, South Carolina. Marion writes with anger that Captain John Postell was...

GLC03332.01

to unknown

Written by Heath as Major General in Continental Army from his hometown of Roxbury to an unknown council. Heath was in charge of the Convention Army, which consisted of the British prisoners of war from the Saratoga campaign. After surrendering in...

GLC03376

[Diary of George H. Starr]

Captured at Gettysburg in July of 1863, George H. Starr of company D in the 104th regiment of the New York Infantry made a number of escape attempts from Confederate prisons, before succeeding in October of 1864. Much of the diary is empty, with...

GLC02748.01

to Frederick Starr

Written from Libby Prison ("Hotel de Libbie") in Richmond. Starr discusses, sometimes humorously, the possibility of exchange, his desire for packages, and his health. He also mentions the fact that his February escape attempt precluded his early...

GLC02748.03

to his mother

Writes to his mother complaining of not receiving a "letter from home of later date than May 14th" and asks that if his father is well enough, if it would be possible "to have him make an Effort to secure my "Special Exchange" - " Continues by...

GLC02748.04

to Samuel Jones

Writes as Brigadier General commanding the Confederate military prisons to Major General Samuel Jones as commander of the District of Florida regarding exchanging his brother, F.M. Imboden for a Union soldier, Captain Wilson French of the 17th...

GLC02824

Martyria, or, Andersonville Prison

Printed in Boston by Lee & Shepard, with a signed presentation note dated 10 October 1866 by the author to Ulysses S. Grant. The book documents the conditions at Andersonville Prison. Illustrated by the author.

GLC02982

to George Gibbs

Confederate General Imboden encloses an approved application for leave for a man named Borlay (not present) and hopes the recipient (likely Colonel George Gibbs, de facto commandant of Andersonville) will be cured by his visit to Florida. Mentions...

GLC01664

to George C. Gibbs

Captain Wirz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison, tells Colonel Gibbs that there are no mules fit for transport but grants him authority to impress any mules needed. Letter written at Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville Prison.

GLC01705

[Collection of William H. Holly, E company, 12th regiment, Connecticut, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.17]

Written between January 1862 and May 1864 to a friend, Mary Ann Davis, first from Connecticut and then from various camps in Louisiana (Parapet, Hubbard, Kearney, and Stevens, as well as two regions - Lakeport and Vermilion Bayou). Describes the...

GLC02165

[Collection of Alfred Hughes] [decimalized .01-.114]

Letters to his wife Mary Hughes. Hughes, a doctor from Wheeling, Virginia, was detained at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer. He and his wife, Mary, numbered their letters to know which ones were lost, stolen or censored. The...

GLC02166

to Henry Toole Clark

Letter written as Confederate Secretary of War to North Carolina Governor Clark about establishing a prisoner of war camp at Salisbury, North Carolina. Benjamin writes, "I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 25th inst, which...

GLC01708

[Libby prison autograph album with sketches of Union prisoners of war]

Signed by U. S. Navy Lieutenant Sears "with his mark". Hand drawn titlepage and watercolor drawings of Libby Prison and Castle Thunder. Also contains a sketch of a prisoner of war titled "Prison scene" with the quote, "Gentlemen, I wish to God I...

GLC01885

to his parents

Assures his parents that he is in good health and is treated well despite being confined in Libby Prison. Informs that he has been in prison now for two weeks after being captured while out foraging. Relays that a friend, George Ingerson, asks if...

GLC01942.01

to his parents

Writes while confined as a POW in Libby Prison. Informs his parents that he has been given a position as clerk in the office of the Prisons of Richmond. Asks that they send him a sugar cured ham, dried salmon, other dried meats, coffee, tea, sugar...

GLC01942.02

to Henry W. Halleck

Gives a detailed description of the unsuccessful cavalry raids by George Stoneman and Daniel McCook, Jr. at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Both took place on the June 27, 1864 in accordance with Sherman's Order 42. Before the raids, Stoneman...

GLC01961

Bird's Eye View of Confederate Prison Pen at Salisbury, N.C.

Printed by J. B. Bufford & Sons, copyright by C.A. Kraus. Panoramic view compiled from a sketch made on the site in 1864, probably after its occupation by federal forces. The lithograph shows the prison camp set up on the grounds of a large "cotton...

GLC02004

[Collection of Edward H. Hall, A company, 1st battalion, Maryland, cavalry] [decimalized]

The Edward H. Hall Papers consist predominantly of Hall's correspondence to his mother, father, and sister during his service as a private in the 1st Maryland Cavalry, C.S.A. Hall was captured and held at Point Lookout, Md., from 1864-1865; most of...

GLC02234

[Collection of Charles Nicholson, battery L, 5th regiment, Pennsylvania, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01- .12]

Charles Nicholson was a Private in the 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Co. L. Other letters were written by another soldier in the same family, to their cousin Alice. Writes about Lincoln's death and a cousin's death in Libby prison. Collection...

GLC02171

Camps Where Japs Hold Allied Soldiers and Civilians

One newsmap entitled, "Camps Where Japs Hold Allied Soldiers and Civilians" dated, August 27, 1943. Consists of a map depicting the camps where the Japanese army were holding American soldiers. On reverse side contains articles related to the bomb...

GLC09619.038

Germans Camps Where Nazis Hold Allied Prisoners of War

One newsmap entitled, "Germans Camps Where Nazis Hold Allied Prisoners of War" dated, September 4, 1943. Consists of a map depicting prisoner of war camps in Germany. On reverse side contains articles related to Americans defeating the Nazis in 40...

GLC09619.039

[Print of the Isle of Elba]

One print of Isle of Elba.

GLC08878.1714

Diary of Eseck G. Wilber

Entries are pretty regular from March 1863 to July of that same year. He mainly records the daily weather. but does mention being a prisoner and some of activities there.

GLC00653.15.01

Pocket Diary for 1863

One diary for the year 1863 by Hiram C. Wells. The diary gives a good view of life in the cavalry with skirmishes, scouts, etc. Well's regiment took part in the siege of Knoxville. Wells was later captured, imprisoned at Andersonville, and on the...

GLC03131.15.01

Civil war recollections

GLC03131.15.02

Regarding the estate of his late brother Sidney

GLC03131.15.03

Correspondence regarding arrival at camp

GLC03131.15.04

To Hiram C. Wells

GLC03131.15.05

Regarding stocks for the Home Building and Loan Association of Detroit, Michigan

One document sent to Hiram C. Well by John Western dated July 25, 1891. Certifying stocks int he Home Building and Loan Association of Detroit.

GLC03131.15.06

To Hiram C. Wells

GLC03131.15.07

Enlistment certificate of Hiram C. Wells

GLC03131.15.08

Peter Butternut

One poem about Peter Butternut. "My Name is Peter Butternut, I live in Tennessee, a man of wealth and consequence, at least I used to be." "Butternut" was a name given to confederate soldiers describing the colour of their uniforms.

GLC03131.15.09

Sultana Survivors. The sixth reunion of these veterans at Adrian

GLC03131.15.10

Sultana Survivors

One newsletter pertaining to the National Sultana Survivors Association meeting dated April 29, 1890.

GLC03131.15.11

A Balm for Trouble. General Sherman on the St. Louis Muddle

GLC03131.15.12

Pension Certificate

GLC03131.15.13

Pension Certificate

GLC03131.15.14

Legal document regarding Hiram C. Wells

GLC03131.15.22

Legal documents regarding the selling of land

GLC03131.15.23

Pocket Diary for 1863

One diary for the year 1863 by Hiram C. Wells. The diary gives a good view of life in the cavalry with skirmishes, scouts, etc. Well's regiment took part in the siege of Knoxville. Wells was later captured, imprisoned at Andersonville, and on the...

GLC03131.15.001

Civil war recollections

GLC03131.15.002

Regarding the estate of his late brother Sidney

GLC03131.15.003

Correspondence regarding arrival at camp

GLC03131.15.004

To Hiram C. Wells

GLC03131.15.005

Regarding stocks for the Home Building and Loan Association of Detroit, Michigan

One document sent to Hiram C. Well by John Western dated July 25, 1891. Certifying stocks int he Home Building and Loan Association of Detroit.

GLC03131.15.006

To Hiram C. Wells

GLC03131.15.007

Enlistment certificate of Hiram C. Wells

GLC03131.15.008

Peter Butternut

One poem about Peter Butternut. "My Name is Peter Butternut, I live in Tennessee, a man of wealth and consequence, at least I used to be." "Butternut" was a name given to confederate soldiers describing the colour of their uniforms.

GLC03131.15.009

Sultana Survivors. The sixth reunion of these veterans at Adrian

GLC03131.15.010

Sultana Survivors

One newsletter pertaining to the National Sultana Survivors Association meeting dated April 29, 1890.

GLC03131.15.011

A Balm for Trouble. General Sherman on the St. Louis Muddle

GLC03131.15.012

Pension Certificate

GLC03131.15.013

Pension Certificate

GLC03131.15.014

Legal document regarding Hiram C. Wells

GLC03131.15.022

Legal documents regarding the selling of land

GLC03131.15.023

to Oscar Calkins

One letter addressed to Oscar Calkins from Clarence Calkins dated Danville Prison, Va., August 5, 1864.

GLC03766.09

to Oscar Calkins

One letter addressed to Oscar Calkins from James Williams dated Petersburg, Va., September 10, 1864.

GLC03766.10

to Oscar Calkins

One letter addressed to Oscar Calkins from Clarence Calkins dated Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., September 11, 1864.

GLC03766.11

to Oscar Calkins

One letter addressed to Oscar Calkins from H.L. Thompson dated St. John's College Hospital Ward, Annapolis, M.D., September 21, 1864. Related to Clarence Calkins as a prisoner of war.

GLC03766.12

[Prisoner Petition]

"The Petitioned Number of American Prisoners of War . . .," requesting exchange for British officers and seamen. Penned from Kinial Prison, signed by 10 American POW's.

GLC08390.02

P.O.W Cover

stamped with Prisoner's Letter, Examined

GLC08413.27