The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Va.

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Coordinates 37.531330, -77.449054

Direction 64° (E)

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Source:: Library of Congress
Collection:: Civil War
Date:: between 1862 and 1865
Region:: Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from collection)
Description:: 1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 10 x 18 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows Maj. Thomas P. Turner, commandant of the "Libby Prison," dressed in gray, with felt hat on, standing on hill overlooking the Confederate prison encampment on Belle Isle by the James River . Confederate guard tents are near the river in the distance. Subjects: confederate, history, tents, soldiers, civil war, stereographs, richmond, detention facilities, richmond (va.), prisons, albumen prints, belle isle (prison), united states, virginia Locations: united states, richmond, virginia Notes: Title transcribed from item. Printed on verso: The original negative of this view destroyed by fire on the 3rd of April 1865. Photographer attribution based on similar photograph in the collection of the Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia.
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