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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 Statement URL
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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