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Original Title (transcribed from print)
Prison and jailers at Richmond; Rebel prisons on Main St. near 25th St. Richmond, Virginia
Other Titles (transcribed from print)
The rebel prisons on Main St. Near 25th St. Richmond, Virginia
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
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
15 x 23 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 illustration: The prison and jailers at Richmond; The rebel prisons on Main St. Near 25th St. Richmond, Virginia, 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
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