Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Va.

Stereograph showing a group of people including Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of "The Libby," soldiers, and a young child, standing in front of tents on the prison grounds. The prison building, with its Confederate flag, is in the background.
Caption continues: From the original photograph, taken August 23, 1863 The negative being destroyed by fire on the memorable morning of the 3rd April, 1865.

Copyright Nov. 14, 1882 stamped on verso.
Copyright by James Blair.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).