Image of eight Confederate prisons from the American Civil War interspersed between signatures of prisoners of war on individual nameplates. "Paris. Goupil & Co."--text, bottom left margin.
"New York Published by Goupil & Co. M. Knoedler Successor 772 Broadway."--text, bottom center margin.
"London. Goupil & Co."--text, bottom right margin.
"C.S. Mil Prison, Salisbury July 1862 C. Walter fecit"--text, bottom right margin.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by Otto Boetticher in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y."--text, bottom center margin.
"Union War Prisoners Association. / Castle Pinckney Charleston, S. C. / Ligon's Tob. Factory, Richmond, Va. / Jail Columbia, S. C. / C. S. Mil Prison Salisbury, N. C. / City Jail Charleston, S. C. / Par. Prison, N. Orleans. / Jail Yard Charleston, S. C."--text, image captions.
"Organized in Charleston Jail Dec. 31st 1861."--text, bottom center of image.
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 80.65 x 72.07 cm (31 3/4 x 28 3/8 in.)
Military prisons--Pictorial works Prisoners of war--United States United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Registers. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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