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Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Tramp! tramp! tramp! (the prisoner's hope)

Tramp! tramp! tramp! (the prisoner's hope)

Music associated with the Union side

Plan of Andersonville Prison, Georgia 1864.

Plan of Andersonville Prison, Georgia 1864.

Shows dimensions, layout, outbuildings and immediate surroundings of Andersonville Prison Camp, Georgia. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image. Relief shown by hachures. This it... More

Bounty jumpers lament - American Civil War sheet music
Bounty jumpers lament - American Civil War sheet music
The  Prisoner's lament - Public domain music sheet scan
Rebel defences sic of Charleston Harbor, S.C., December 11th, 1864

Rebel defences sic of Charleston Harbor, S.C., December 11th, 1864

Outlines the harbor of Charleston, S.C., beginning with the convergence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers and continuing to the Atlantic Ocean. Sneden traveled through the harbor on a Confederate steamer on Dece... More

Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864

Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864

Shows the prison with wooden fence, 18 guard towers, the famous "deadline," the north and south gates, Sweetwater Creek, "Valley of Death," fortification, batteries, and cook house. He depicts overcrowding by a... More

Plan of Andersonville Prison or "Camp Sumter," April, 1864.

Plan of Andersonville Prison or "Camp Sumter," April, 1864.

Illustrates the layout of Andersonville Camp, as Sneden refers to the prison, and the surrounding area where Confederate guard troops of the 1st Florida Battery were stationed including the headquarters of Capt... More

AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck /

AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck /

From J. McIntire, Silent animated films at the Library of Congress: Concerns American soldiers in Europe after the armstice [sic]. One goes AWOL with "Joy" (Miss AWOL) and after a series of mishaps with her, he... More

Andersonville Prison Historic map, Library of Congress

Andersonville Prison Historic map, Library of Congress

Detailed plan of Andersonville Prison Camp, showing Sweetwater Lick to the north, and the Southwestern & Enfaula Railroad to the east. Shows the main forts, stockade and cemetery.

Prison at Andersonville, Ga. - Public domain old map

Prison at Andersonville, Ga. - Public domain old map

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 134 From Sanitary Commission bulletin, v. 1, no. 21, Sept. 1, 1864. opp. p. 647. Plan of camp showing the prison, the "dead line," "Rebel camp," batteries, "Gen. Wi... More

Write a letter to my mother - American Civil War sheet music
The  Prisoner's release, or The Dear old flag has come

The Prisoner's release, or The Dear old flag has come

Music associated with the Union side

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

Plan of part of Richmond, Virginia : showing locations of Rebel prisons [in] winter of 1863.

Plan of part of Richmond, Virginia : showing locations of Rebel prison...

Shows the streets of Richmond below Church Hill from the Canal to Broad Street and from 17th to 21st streets, including Castle Thunder and Libby prisons and the Union officers' and soldiers' hospitals.

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Map showing route taken by Mosby with his prisoners, Nov. 27th-29th, 1863.

Map showing route taken by Mosby with his prisoners, Nov. 27th-29th, 1...

In this detail from an unidentified printed map, Sneden has traced the circuitous route he and other prisoners captured by Mosby's Guerillas during the Mine Run Campaign followed from near Rappahannock Station,... More

Write a letter to my mother - American Civil War sheet music
Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sent from Richmond, Va., to Andersonville, Georgia.

Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sen...

Depicts railroad lines from Raleigh, N.C., through South Carolina and Georgia, highlighting in purple ink the particular train route Sneden took as a prisoner. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocop... More

Boers bringing in British prisoners /

Boers bringing in British prisoners /

From Edison films catalog: Here we have a mixed Company of Gordon Highlanders, Irish Fusilliers and English Lancers, as a group of prisoners taken to the rear by a troop of Boer Cavalry. The expression of their... More

Last known home of Czar Nicholas /

Last known home of Czar Nicholas /

Camera pans the home of a merchant named Ipatiev, where Nicholas II, last Russian emperor, and his royal family were executed in Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), July 1918. Second sequence is views of men, identified... More

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

[Ge]ographical sketch of the city of Richmond, Virginia, with surrounding encampments, 1862.

[Ge]ographical sketch of the city of Richmond, Virginia, with surround...

Shows Confederate encampements and prisons in Richmond and south of the James River in Manchester and Spring Hill. Sneden has added an index listing the governenment buildings and the houses of important persons.

1862 map of the James River. - Public domain old map

1862 map of the James River. - Public domain old map

Payne, a member of the 4th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A., was wounded and captured during the Battle of Williamsburg, Va., in May 1862. This map depicts the area of the Virginia Peninsula between Williamsburg and Ri... More

Rebel defences [sic] of Charleston Harbor, S.C., December 11th, 18[64]

Rebel defences [sic] of Charleston Harbor, S.C., December 11th, 18[64]

Outlines the harbor of Charleston, S.C., beginning with the convergence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers and continuing to the Atlantic Ocean. Sneden traveled through the harbor on a Confederate steamer on Dece... More

Map made at Andersonville Prison [Sept. 1864].

Map made at Andersonville Prison [Sept. 1864].

This regional view locates the prison camp in relation to Columbia, Macon, and Milledgeville, Ga., as well as the town of Andersonville. Parts of bordering Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina are also indica... More

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Letter to wife, 1864, June 12
Plan of Andersonville Prison or "Camp Sumter," April, 1864

Plan of Andersonville Prison or "Camp Sumter," April, 1864

Illustrates the layout of Andersonville Camp, as Sneden refers to the prison, and the surrounding area where Confederate guard troops of the 1st Florida Battery were stationed including the headquarters of Capt... More

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864
The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864
The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

On, on, on, the boys came marching, or The Prisoner free
On, on, on, the boys came marching, or The Prisoner free
Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Starved in prison - Public domain music sheet scan
The  Richmond prisoner - American Civil War sheet music

The Richmond prisoner - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

The  Richmond prisoner - Public domain music sheet scan
Cheer! cheer! cheer! - American Civil War sheet music

Cheer! cheer! cheer! - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Brother's fainting at the door - American Civil War sheet music
Bounty jumpers lament - American Civil War sheet music
On, on, on, the boys came marching

On, on, on, the boys came marching

Music associated with the Union side

On, on, on, the boys came marching
Plan of the prison. March 1, 1864. - Public domain map

Plan of the prison. March 1, 1864. - Public domain map

Map shows the plan of Andersonville Prison Camp including the stockade, the town of Anderson Station on the Macon and Americus Rail Road, the locations of Confederate units serving as guards, and the headquarte... More

"Camp Lawton" at Millen, Georgia : about 8,600 prisoners confined here 14th November 1864.

"Camp Lawton" at Millen, Georgia : about 8,600 prisoners confined here...

Concerns a Confederate prison camp for Northern soldiers that was brand new in October 1864 when Sneden was transferred from Savannah, Ga., back inland to Camp Lawton at Millen, Ga. Sneden shows the 44-acre st... More

Prisoner's return, or I am coming, dearest mother

Prisoner's return, or I am coming, dearest mother

Music associated with the Union side no cover

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864
The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864
The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence,

Diary (1864 January 1-December 24) kept by Gibson while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Documents the capture of the Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., April 17-20, 18... More

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864
Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864
We never can forget it, or Memories of Andersonville prison pens
We never can forget it, or Memories of Andersonville prison pens
Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

The  Richmond prisoner - American Civil War sheet music

The Richmond prisoner - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Cheer! cheer! cheer! - American Civil War sheet music

Cheer! cheer! cheer! - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Cheer! cheer! cheer! - American Civil War sheet music

Cheer! cheer! cheer! - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Tramp! tramp! tramp! (the prisoner's hope)

Tramp! tramp! tramp! (the prisoner's hope)

Music associated with the Union side

Cead millea failtha, quadrilles  sheet music

Cead millea failtha, quadrilles sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Tramp! tramp! tramp!, or The Prisoner's hope

Tramp! tramp! tramp!, or The Prisoner's hope

Music associated with the Union side

The  Prisoner's lament - Public domain music sheet scan
We never can forget it, or The Memories of Andersonville prison pen
Lancaster, the 14th July, 1776. In Committee. Gentlemen. The Committee have received orders from the Congress, to keep a guard over the prisoners, at the barracks, and to have the barracks surrounded by a stockaded fort ... By order of the Commi

Lancaster, the 14th July, 1776. In Committee. Gentlemen. The Committee...

Text in German at the bottom of the page.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Por... More

Mount boys mount - American Civil War sheet music

Mount boys mount - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Samuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864
The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

The Old flag, 1864 : fiftieth anniversary, 1914

Includes a facsimile reproduction of three issues of a newspaper originally written by hand by Capt. William H. May while in prison at Camp Ford. Also available in digital form.

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