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Walker, John Burns, fl. 1862-1865 Andersonville Prison, Georgia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04017 Author/Creator: Walker, John Burns, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Print Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 lithograph Height: 48.7 cm, Width: 61 cm Order a Copy

A colored, lithographic view of the prison and POWs, printed underneath is the description: "Numbers 1 and 2 comprise Andersonville Prison an area of 26 acres, nearly five acres of which was an uninhabitable swamp. In June, July and August. 1864, 33.000 Union Prisoners were crowded on the remaining 21 acres." Walker, the man who sketched the image, is identified as a Andersonville POW and member of Co. G of the 141st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Lithograph made by Thomas Sinclair of Philadelphia.

Walker, John Burns, fl. 1862-1865
Sinclair, Thomas S., fl. 1805-1881

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