"Prison and jailers at Richmond" by James Gillette
 

Authors

James Gillette

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Original Title (transcribed from print)

Prison and jailers at Richmond

Additional Caption (transcribed from print)

From sketches by Mr. James Gillette (71st New York State Militia), who was a prisoner there for five months.

Publication

Harper's Weekly

Publisher

Harper & Brothers, Publishers

Date

2-22-1862

Page Number

117

Description

A prisoner of war; Gen. Winder; Lieut. Todd; The rebel prisons on Main St. near 25th St. Richmond, Virginia; 4th Story, Prison No. 2, Richmond; Sudley Church.

Topical Subject

Military prisons -- Virginia -- Richmond; Military prisons -- Confederate States of America

Geographic Subject

Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons

City/Location

Richmond (Va.)

Original Item Size

40 x 27 cm

Genre

prints (visual works)

Local Genre

newspaper; artwork

Type

Still Image; Text

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Richmond Nineteenth-Century Print Collection

Source

Original periodical page: The prison and jailers at Richmond, Harper's Weekly, Feb. 22, 1862, p. 117, Richmond, Virginia Maps and Prints Collection, M 190, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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