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Winder, Richard Bayly, 1828-1894 [Drawing of a cell in Libby Prison]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07271.06.03 Author/Creator: Winder, Richard Bayly, 1828-1894 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Sketch Date: 1 January 1866 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

The docket indicates that Winder drew this while imprisoned in Libby Prison after the Civil War. He had been held there for his role in the mistreatment of Union prisoners of war at Andersonville Prison.

Winder, Richard Bayly, 1828-1894

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