Execution of Captain Henry Wirtz (i.e. Wirz), C.S.A. Newspaper reporte...
No. 756. Alternate title, photographer, location, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Phot... More
Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison
Photograph taken by surgeon A. Hill Messinger. Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 2013. No. 5526. Erroneous caption on card: "Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville prison." Mounted with t... More
Home views. No. 15, Rebel prison - 1865
Stereograph shows a bird's-eye or elevated view of Elmira prison camp in New York, with a long line of prisoners standing along the fence with rows of buildings in the background. No. 15. Printed on label: A ... More
Castle Reed, prison for federal officers at Andersonville, Georgia
Photograph of a print showing the smaller second stockade at Andersonville prison called Castle Reed. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. North-west view of stockad...
No. 8215. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VII, p. 75 (bottom)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, captured with ...
No. B402. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. Issuing rations, view from...
No. 8220. Hand written on verso: "[Miller] Vol. VII, p. 131". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison
Photograph shows Pvt. William M. Smith, Co. D, 8th Kentucky Vols. at U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Maryland, June 1, 1864. Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 2013. No. 5525. Erron... More
Confederate prisoners for exchange at Cox's Landing, Virginia
No. B583. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Washington, D.C. Adjusting the rope for the execution of Wirz
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More
Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison
Photo shows Pvt. Isaiah G. Bowker (d. 1864), Co. B, 9th Maine Vols. at the U.S. General Hospital Div. no. 1, Annapolis, Maryland. Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 2013. No. 5524. Erroneous capt... More
Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. South view of stockade
No. 8216. Hand written on verso: "Vol. VII, p. 119 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Three Confederate prisoners, Confederate Stat...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. Stereo filed in LOT 4181. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, ... More
Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Virginia / Rees, Richmond, Virg...
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 Con... More
![Stockade and prison at Cahawba [i.e. Cahaba], Alabama](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvc3RvY2thZGUtYW5kLXByaXNvbi1hdC1jYWhhd2JhLWllLWNhaGFiYS1hbGFiYW1hLWM2MTg3Mi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "Stockade and prison at Cahawba [i.e. Cahaba], Alabama")
Stockade and prison at Cahawba [i.e. Cahaba], Alabama
Photograph shows a reproduction of a drawing of an incorrectly identified prison and stockade. The caption erroneously identifies this site as Cahawba (i.e., Cahaba) Alabama. The word "Andersonville" appears fa... More
![Stockade and prison at Cahawba [i.e. Cahaba], Alabama](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvc3RvY2thZGUtYW5kLXByaXNvbi1hdC1jYWhhd2JhLWllLWNhaGFiYS1hbGFiYW1hLTU3YjMzNi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Stockade and prison at Cahawba [i.e. Cahaba], Alabama")
Stockade and prison at Cahawba [i.e. Cahaba], Alabama
Photograph shows a reproduction of a drawing of an incorrectly identified prison and stockade. The caption erroneously identifies this site as Cahawba (i.e., Cahaba) Alabama. The word "Andersonville" appears fa... More
Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. Bird's eye view
No. 8218. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VII, page 175." Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Five Forks, Virginia (vicinity). Confederate prisoners on the way to t...
Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate Prisoners on the way to the rear. Captured by Gen. Sheridan at Five Forks, April 1865. Corresponding print is in LOT 4181. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865... More
Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. Southwest view of stockade...
No. 8219. Hand written on verso: "Vol. VII, p. 177". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Libby Prison - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.
Stereograph showing a man standing outside Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Part of series: Stereoscopic Views in Richmond and Vicinity. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Confederate prisoners captured at cavalry fight at Aldie, Virginia, Ju...
No. 4215. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 34. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 7, p. 169". Gift; C... More
The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Virginia
Stereograph showing 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 in the James River . ... More
Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison
Photograph taken by surgeon A. Hill Messinger. Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 2013. No. 5526. Erroneous caption on card: "Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville prison." Mounted with t... More
Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, captured with ...
No. B225. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 7, p. 42". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Confederate prisoners for exchange at Cox's Landing, Virginia
No. B583. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison
Photo shows Pvt. Isaiah G. Bowker (d. 1864), Co. B, 9th Maine Vols. at the U.S. General Hospital Div. no. 1, Annapolis, Maryland. Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 2013. No. 5524. Erroneous capt... More
Petersburg, Virginia. Buildings. American Civil War glass negative.
Caption from negative sleeve: Petersburg, Va., April 1865. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3041A) and right (LC-B811-3041B) halves of a stereograph pair. Caption on file print: Prison Yard of Castle Thunder, Rich... More
Three "Johnnie Reb" Prisoners, captured at Gettysburg, 1863
Photo shows three Confederate prisoners on Seminary Ridge, on or about July 15, 1863, with the town of Gettysburg, Pa., in the background. (Source: Frassanito, p. 71) Part of series:The War for the Union. Phot... More
Three "Johnnie Reb" Prisoners, captured at Gettysburg, 1863
Photo shows three Confederate prisoners on Seminary Ridge, on or about July 15, 1863, with the town of Gettysburg, Pa., in the background. (Source: Frassanito, p. 71) Part of series:The War for the Union. Phot... More
![[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photographed and published by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, Fla.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvc3RvY2thZGUtYXQtYW5kZXJzb252aWxsZS1wcmlzb24tYW5kZXJzb252aWxsZS1nZW9yZ2lhLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhlZC1hbmQtcHVibGlzaGVkLTQyNmZiOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photographed and published by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, Fla.")
[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photograp...
Date from Andersonville Civil War Prison / Robert Scott Davis. Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010, p. 121. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).
![[Great group of ex-Union prisoners]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjEvZ3JlYXQtZ3JvdXAtb2YtZXgtdW5pb24tcHJpc29uZXJzLWFkYTEyMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[Great group of ex-Union prisoners]")
[Great group of ex-Union prisoners]
Stereograph showing a group of veteran Union soldiers imprisoned during the Civil War in various Confederate prisons, Andersonville, Libby, Belle Isle, and Florence, gathered for a reunion. The portrait was pos... More
Confederate prisoners captured at the battle of Fisher's Hill, Virgini...
Devised title based on information from: The Image of war, 1861-1865, vol. 2, page 338 and National Archives photograph 111-B-497. Erroneous title on item: Confederate prisoners captured at the battle of Fisher... More
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Three Confederate prisoners, Pennsylvania, 19...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. Stereo filed in LOT 4181. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, ... More
Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison
Photograph shows Pvt. William M. Smith, Co. D, 8th Kentucky Vols. at U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Maryland, June 1, 1864. Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 2013. No. 5525. Erron... More
![[Libby Prison] - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvbGliYnktcHJpc29uLWJkZTFhZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Libby Prison] - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.")
[Libby Prison] - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.
Stereograph showing a group of people including soldiers standing outside Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Part of series: Views of Richmond and Vicinity, and Mountain Scenery of Virginia and West Va. Forms... More
Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, captured with ...
No. B402. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
![[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photographed and published by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, Fla.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvc3RvY2thZGUtYXQtYW5kZXJzb252aWxsZS1wcmlzb24tYW5kZXJzb252aWxsZS1nZW9yZ2lhLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhlZC1hbmQtcHVibGlzaGVkLThmM2NiOC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photographed and published by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, Fla.")
[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photograp...
Date from Andersonville Civil War Prison / Robert Scott Davis. Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010, p. 121. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).
Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. Southwest view of stockade...
No. 8219. Hand written on verso: "Vol. VII, p. 177". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Commissioned officers of 19th Iowa Infantry after their exchange as pr...
Caption from negative sleeve: Commissioned Officers 19th Iowa Infantry Photographed at New Orleans as they appeared on arrival from Camp Ford, Texas as exchanged Prisoners of War. Copy Neg.; Miller, vol. 7, p. ... More
Libby Prison - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.
Stereograph showing a man standing outside Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Part of series: Stereoscopic Views in Richmond and Vicinity. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. South east view of stockad...
No. 8217. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VII, p. 75 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Commissioned officers of 19th Iowa Infantry after their exchange as pr...
Caption card tracings: CW Prisoners; Civil War Troops Iowa; Shelf. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. Hooded body of Captain Wirz hanging from the scaffold
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More
Washington, D.C. Adjusting the rope for the execution of Wirz
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More
Three "Johnnie Reb" Prisoners, captured at Gettysburg, 1863
Photo shows three Confederate prisoners on Seminary Ridge, on or about July 15, 1863, with the town of Gettysburg, Pa., in the background. (Source: Frassanito, p. 71) Part of series:The War for the Union. Phot... More
Washington, D.C. Hooded body of Captain Wirz hanging from the scaffold
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More
Washington, D.C. Reading the death warrant to Wirz on the scaffold
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More
![[Libby Prison] - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvbGliYnktcHJpc29uLWVkN2MxMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[Libby Prison] - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.")
[Libby Prison] - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.
Stereograph showing a group of people including soldiers standing outside Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Part of series: Views of Richmond and Vicinity, and Mountain Scenery of Virginia and West Va. Forms... More
Washington, D.C. Soldier springing the trap; men in trees and Capitol ...
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More
Washington, D.C. Reading the death warrant to Wirz on the scaffold
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Three Confederate prisoners, Pennsylvania, 19...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. Stereo filed in LOT 4181. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, ... More
Washington, D.C. Soldier springing the trap; men in trees and Capitol ...
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the execution of Captain Henry Wirz, November 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More
Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Va. / Rees, 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 Con... More
Petersburg, Virginia. Buildings. American Civil War glass negative.
Caption from negative sleeve: Petersburg, Va., April 1865. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3041A) and right (LC-B811-3041B) halves of a stereograph pair. Caption on file print: Prison Yard of Castle Thunder, Rich... More
Rebel prisoners on their way to the rear, captured by Gen. Sheriden at...
Stereograph shows large group of Confederate prisoners being guarded by Union soldiers. Corresponding glass negative: LC-B811-3198. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negative from the studio of Mathew Brady... More
![[Great group of ex-Union prisoners]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjEvZ3JlYXQtZ3JvdXAtb2YtZXgtdW5pb24tcHJpc29uZXJzLTNhZGRhZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[Great group of ex-Union prisoners]")
[Great group of ex-Union prisoners]
Stereograph showing a group of veteran Union soldiers imprisoned during the Civil War in various Confederate prisons, Andersonville, Libby, Belle Isle, and Florence, gathered for a reunion. The portrait was pos... More
Execution of Captain Henry Wirtz (i.e. Wirz), C.S.A, adjusting the rop...
No. 753. Alternate title, photographer, location, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Phot... More
The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Va.
Stereograph showing 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 in the James River . ... More
Rebel prisoners on their way to the rear, captured by General Sheriden...
Stereograph shows large group of Confederate prisoners being guarded by Union soldiers. Corresponding glass negative: LC-B811-3198. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negative from the studio of Mathew Brady... More