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Riddle, A.J., fl. 1864-1883 [Seven photographs taken by A.J. Riddle of Andersonville Prison]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09352 Author/Creator: Riddle, A.J., fl. 1864-1883 Place Written: Andersonville, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: September 1883 Pagination: 7 photographs Height: 10.8 cm, Width: 16.5 cm Order a Copy

Rare complete series of seven photographs taken by A.J. Riddle, in August 1864, of Andersonville Prison republished with captions in 1883 by Theodore Wiseman, who claims to have secured the "original views in 1865, in an old chest, in old Captain Wirz's house at Andersonville."

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