Libby Prison, Union prisoners at Richmond, Va.
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- Source:
- Library of Congress
- Collection:
- Civil War
- Date:
- 1863
- Region:
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from collection) - Description:
- 1 print : lithograph, color ; sheet 26 x 52 cm. | Print shows the interior of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia with Union officers and soldiers sitting or standing in groups. Subjects: libby prison, prisoners, prisoners of war, united states, union, color, civil war, facilities, lithographs, confederate, detention facilities, history, virginia, richmond Locations: virginia, richmond, united states Notes: Title from item. Inscribed erroneously on mat below image: "Gen Willich reading, in bed, at right." This impression came with the drawings of Adolph Metzner who served in the 32nd Indiana Regiment under Brigadier General August Willich (1810-1878), who was captured at the Battle of Stones River, and spent time in Libby Prison in 1863. "Otto Boetticher, del., 1862" signature in image. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress. Print copyrighted in 1863. Sheet trimmed at bottom through publication and copyright statement. Information supplied from another copy.
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