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Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870 Bird's Eye View of Confederate Prison Pen at Salisbury, N.C.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02004 Author/Creator: Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Print Date: 1886 Pagination: 1 lithograph : col. ; 69 x 94 cm. Order a Copy

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 factory" in which the prisoners were forced to work. The whole is guarded and enclosed by a stockade. Shows the tents and pits dug into the ground where Union soldiers were forced to live in. A key identifies 12 sites, including "A Hole from which prisoners tunnelled and escaped."

Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870

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