Libby Prison, Union prisoners at Richmond, Virginia from nature by Act. Major Otto Boetticher; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y
Summary
Print shows the interior of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia with Union officers and soldiers sitting or standing in groups. Brigadier General August Willich (1810-1878), captured at the Battle of Stones River, is shown reading in bed, at right.
Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress.
"Otto Boetticher, del., 1862" signature in image.
Print copyrighted in 1863.
Sheet trimmed at bottom through publication and copyright statement. Information supplied from another copy.
Tags
Date
01/01/1863
Location
richmond
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.