Union Prisoners Confined in Camp Sumpter, Near Andersonville, Ga. (prints)
Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2014.013
Scope and Contents
Union Prisoners Confined in Camp Sumpter, Near Andersonville, Ga. Lith. & print. by E. Sachse & Co., 104 S. Charles Street, Balto. [Baltimore]. Publ. by Chas. A. Schwamb ; Annapolis, Md., 1865. Drawn by Henry Blatz. 11.25 x 17” Water stains at upper left border. 1 pc. Tinted. Bird’s-eye view of Andersonville Prison (Camp Sumpter, Near Andersonville, Ga.). Shows the stockade, prison grounds, tents, a scaffold with six hanging bodies. The key lists: Headquarters, Rebel Camp, Hospital, Cookhouse, and Dead House. A number of the Union soldiers from Blount, Knox and Sevier Counties who died on the Sultana were imprisoned at Andersonville.
Dates
- 1865
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 folder
General
Scanned & added to Digital Collection October 2014.
- Andersonville (Ga.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camp Sumpter Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Charles A. Schwamb Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- E. Sachse & Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Henry Blatz Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lithographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prints Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Union Prisoners Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Union Prisoners Confined in Camp Sumpter, Near Andersonville, Ga. (prints)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
Contact:
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
