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

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GLC#
GLC02004
Type
Images
Date
1886
Author/Creator
Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870
Title
Bird's Eye View of Confederate Prison Pen at Salisbury, N.C.
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
1 lithograph : col. Height: 69 cm, Width: 94 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

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."

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