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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

Confederate prisoners captured at the battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia Sent to the rear under guard of Union troops

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

Official photograph taken on the British Western Front in France. German prisoners in batches of 1,000 arriving at a prisoners of war cage

Official photograph taken on the British Western Front in France. Germ...

Photograph shows a long line of German soldiers, prisoners of war, walking along roadway, somewhere in France. No. L990.

Heraus mit unseren Gefangenen! Volksbund zum Schutze der deutschen Kriegs- und Zivil-gefangenen / Paul Helwig '19.

Heraus mit unseren Gefangenen! Volksbund zum Schutze der deutschen Kri...

Poster shows a German prisoner of war holding a pick ax with a French guard and a barbed wire fence in the background. Text: Release our prisoners! Association for the Protection of Prisoners of War.

Fort Pike, 27100 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Fort Pike, 27100 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Fort Pike was the first of the Third System Fortifications. Considered part of the "Monroe forts of the 1st class," the fort was one of the many forts ... More

Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison

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

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, Lincoln County, ID

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, ...

Significance: This warehouse was one of six hundred buildings constructed at the Minidoka Relocation Camp for the internment of people of Japanese descent after the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United St... More

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, Lincoln County, ID

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, ...

Significance: This warehouse was one of six hundred buildings constructed at the Minidoka Relocation Camp for the internment of people of Japanese descent after the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United St... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris.

The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris.

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

A disloyal demonstration, New Orleans, Feb. 20th 1863 A group of exchanged Rebel prisoners / / Bobbett-Hooper.

A disloyal demonstration, New Orleans, Feb. 20th 1863 A group of excha...

Print shows, from a two page spread of scenes in New Orleans, a vignette of several Confederate prisoners of war on the docks awaiting transportation home. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 1... More

Serving out rations to our exchanged prisoners on board the "New York" / sketched by William Waud.

Serving out rations to our exchanged prisoners on board the "New York"...

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Embarkation of exchanged Union prisoners at Aiken's Landing, February 21, 1865 / sketched by J.R. Hamilton.

Embarkation of exchanged Union prisoners at Aiken's Landing, February ...

Print shows exchanged Union prisoners of war walking to the steamboat "New York" waiting at Aiken's Landing, South Carolina. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 429 (1865 March 18), p. 173.

Relics of Andersonville Prison from the collection brought from there by Miss Clara Barton and Dorence Atwater, August, 1865, and photographed by Brady & Co. for the great National Fair, Washington, June, 1866.

Relics of Andersonville Prison from the collection brought from there ...

Inscribed on back: Very Truly yours Dorence Atwater. Entered according to act of Congress by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 ... District of Columbia. Clara Barton Collection (Library of Congress).

Florence military prison series--"Leaving Florence" / J.E. Taylor.

Florence military prison series--"Leaving Florence" / J.E. Taylor.

Soldiers holding up torches in front of line of prisoners, who are standing in front of log buildings. 13484 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Coming into the Union lines" / J.E. Taylor.

Florence military prison series--"Coming into the Union lines" / J.E. ...

Prisoners getting off train, being greeted by Union soldiers. 13485 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Capture of the Hessians at Trenton

Capture of the Hessians at Trenton

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Comitadjis serbes faits prisonniers à Kreka près Touzla

Comitadjis serbes faits prisonniers à Kreka près Touzla

Print shows two officers with a large group of Serbian men, possibly civilians or soldiers, most are barefoot, captured at Kreka near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The open air kitchen used by German prisoners while a new mess hall and kitchen is being erected Camp Miramas, near Marseilles, France / / Signal Corps U.S.A.

The open air kitchen used by German prisoners while a new mess hall an...

Photograph shows German prisoners of war cooking in large pots in outdoor kitchen. In album: Photographic supplement to historical record of quartermaster corps activities, A.E.F. Vol. 13, leaf 1. "1410-G8."

Eigentliche vorstellung der Reichs-Stadt Biberach und wie die Franzosen aus Forcht von denen Kayserlichen überfallen zu werden über Hals und Kopff darausgeflohen, und alles darüber im Stich zurück gelassen

Eigentliche vorstellung der Reichs-Stadt Biberach und wie die Franzose...

Print shows a birdseye view of the walled city of Biberach on the Rhine River in Southern Germany after the battle against French forces in 1800. Troops on horseback are seen fleeing. Depicted in the foreground... More

Camp Tulelake, West side of Hill Road, 2 miles south of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, West side of Hill Road, 2 miles south of State Highway ...

Significance: The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Camp Tulelake embodies distinct design characteristics of CCC camps and is a rare extant example. The simple utilitarian buildings, arranged in a standard p... More

Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison

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

[Russian sailors from the wrecked battleships - surrendered prisoners of war in Port Arthur]

[Russian sailors from the wrecked battleships - surrendered prisoners ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, Lincoln County, ID

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, ...

Significance: This warehouse was one of six hundred buildings constructed at the Minidoka Relocation Camp for the internment of people of Japanese descent after the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United St... More

Camp Tulelake, Barracks, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Barracks, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of Stat...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-B Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Lieutenant Moody - this officer during the American war distinguish'd himself as one of the most gallant partizans in the British service, & ... made himself the terror of the rebels / drawn & engraved by Robt. Pollard ; aquatinta by F. Jukes.

Lieutenant Moody - this officer during the American war distinguish'd ...

Print shows Lt. James Moody freeing a British soldier held prisoner by the Americans. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress ... More

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-C Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-C Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Chattanooga, Tenn., Confederate States of America.

Chattanooga, Tenn., Confederate States of America.

Stereograph showing Confederate prisoners at the depot in Chattanooga, Tennessee waiting for a train to take them north. Lookout Mountain is in the distance. No. 6653. Part of series: The War for the Union. Pho... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

[Elmira Prison, Elmira, New York], Confederate States of America.

[Elmira Prison, Elmira, New York], Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows rows of tents within stockade at Camp Rathbun, which was converted to a prison camp for Confederate soldiers in 1864. Purchase; Cal Packard; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:060).

Florence military prison series--"Dressing my wounds" / J.E. Taylor.

Florence military prison series--"Dressing my wounds" / J.E. Taylor.

Soldier dressing a prisoner's wounds. 13483 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

A company of Boer soldiers--prisoners of war in Simons Town, South Africa

A company of Boer soldiers--prisoners of war in Simons Town, South Afr...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The severe battle of Teh-li-sz and Russian prisoners were questioned by our officers -- the illustration of the battls of Japa and Russia no. 14

The severe battle of Teh-li-sz and Russian prisoners were questioned b...

Print shows Japanese soldiers with Russian prisoners following the battle of Te-li-Ssu during the Russo-Japanese war; a Japanese interpreter interviews a Russian officer. From series: Illustrated Russo-Japanes... More

Greek soldiers escorting Bulgarian prisoners

Greek soldiers escorting Bulgarian prisoners

Filed in: Greece Prisoners. No. 0580. On mount: Soldiers, Greece. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Die Kriegsgefangenen kommen! ... Lassen wir sie nicht im Stich! Frauen! ... geht den Männer voran!

Die Kriegsgefangenen kommen! ... Lassen wir sie nicht im Stich! Frauen...

Two posters addressing issue of returning prisoners of war. The first, Die Kriegsgefangenen kommen ... , addresses the issue of returning prisoners of war, stating that it is everyone's duty to perform their jo... More

IVU w/ [i.e., interview with] Lt. Comdr. John S. McCain, Vietnam POW / [TOH].

IVU w/ [i.e., interview with] Lt. Comdr. John S. McCain, Vietnam POW /...

Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

Camp Tulelake, Barracks, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Barracks, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of Stat...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-B Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of Sta...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-A Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-C Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

Florence military prison series--"Persuading Dang" / J.E. Taylor.

Florence military prison series--"Persuading Dang" / J.E. Taylor.

Prisoner, surrounded by men and dogs, being lifted by rope. 13480 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 46. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Rejected" / J.E. Taylor.

Florence military prison series--"Rejected" / J.E. Taylor.

Prisoners(?) being rejected. 13463 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 29. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

The battle of Gettysburg--Prisoners belonging to General Longstreet's Corps captured by Union troops, marching to the rear under guard / E.F.

The battle of Gettysburg--Prisoners belonging to General Longstreet's ...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.83) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The battle of Gettysburg--Prisoners belonging to General Longstreet's Corps captured by Union troops, marching to the rear under guard / E.F.

The battle of Gettysburg--Prisoners belonging to General Longstreet's ...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.83) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, Lincoln County, ID

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, ...

Significance: This warehouse was one of six hundred buildings constructed at the Minidoka Relocation Camp for the internment of people of Japanese descent after the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United St... More

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

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

Music associated with the Union side

Chattanooga, Tenn., Confederate States of America.

Chattanooga, Tenn., Confederate States of America.

Stereograph showing Confederate prisoners at the depot in Chattanooga, Tennessee waiting for a train to take them north. No. 6653. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Fo... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue & King Drive, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

A Richmond prisoner U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Md., Private Jackson O. Broshears [i.e. Brashears], Co. D, Indiana Mounted Infantry. Age 20 years; height 6 feet 1 inch; weight when captured, 185 lbs.; was in rebel hands three and one-quarter months, 2 months of which were passed on Belle Isle. Under treatment in U.S. Hospital 8 weeks - constantly improving - now, May 19th, 1864, weighs 108-1/2 lbs.

A Richmond prisoner U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Md.,...

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. Wallace, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms ... More

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-C Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, New Castle County, DE

Significance: In 1847, Congress appropriated one million dollars to build the fort as the largest fort in the country to protect Philadelphia and the harbor. It was first occupied in 1861 during Civil War & us... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: Ellis Island is significant as the primary port of entry into the United States for immigrants during the period 1892-1954. The Ellis Island facility is located in New York Harbor on three small ... More

Florence military prison series--"Washing up" / J.E. Taylor.

Florence military prison series--"Washing up" / J.E. Taylor.

Prisoners of war being washed in large tubs. 13490 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 56. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

IVU w/ [i.e., interview with] Lt. Comdr. John S. McCain, Vietnam POW / [TOH].

IVU w/ [i.e., interview with] Lt. Comdr. John S. McCain, Vietnam POW /...

Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

Group of Confederate prisoners at Fairfax court-house / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A. Gardner.

Group of Confederate prisoners at Fairfax court-house / negative by T....

Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 34. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scott... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue & King Drive, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of Sta...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-A Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of Sta...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-A Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison

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

William Gillette's Held by the enemy

William Gillette's Held by the enemy

Caption: You are a prisoner of war! Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co., Cin'ti & N.Y." N.Y. no. 8059. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

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