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Map Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864

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Title

  • Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864

Names

  • Caulfield, Patt.

Created / Published

  • [Georgia?] : Sgt. Patrick Caulfield, [1864]

Headings

  • -  Andersonville Prison--Maps
  • -  Prisons--Georgia--Andersonville
  • -  Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons--Maps
  • -  Prisoners of war--Georgia--Andersonville--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Georgia--Andersonville--Maps
  • -  United States--Georgia
  • -  United States--Georgia--Andersonville

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  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 blizzard of tiny dots everywhere, writing the dots stand for "Union soldiers."
  • -  Date written on map: June 1863 with penciled 4 over the 3.
  • -  Pen-and-ink on blue tinted note paper.
  • -  Purchase, James Madison Council / Edwin L. Cox American Legacy Fund, March, 2015.
  • -  Imperfect: Torn at fold lines, stained with several small holes and large central hole, and missing small sections of map along edges.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 manuscript map ; 21 x 34 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3924.A43:2A6 1864 .C2

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015587286

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Caulfield, Patt. Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June. [Georgia?: Sgt. Patrick Caulfield, 1864] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015587286/.

APA citation style:

Caulfield, P. (1864) Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June. [Georgia?: Sgt. Patrick Caulfield] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015587286/.

MLA citation style:

Caulfield, Patt. Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June. [Georgia?: Sgt. Patrick Caulfield, 1864] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015587286/>.