Preview
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 Statement URL
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.
File Name
rpr_harpers_weekly_18620222.jpg