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Riddle, A.J., fl. 1864-1883 Andersonville Prison, Georgia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06999.04 Author/Creator: Riddle, A.J., fl. 1864-1883 Place Written: Andersonville, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 1864 August 17 Pagination: 1 albumen Height: 17.6 cm, Width: 22.9 cm Order a Copy

Caption printed on mount reads: "Andersonville Prison, Georgia. View from the Main Gate. Issuing Rations to thirty-three thousand Prisoners." Bears Century Co. stamp and several inscriptions.

Riddle, A.J., fl. 1864-1880

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