Showing posts with label prisoners. Show all posts
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Friday, January 9, 2026

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Photo of Inmate Members of the Prison Choir in the Chapel at Auburn Prison in Auburn, New York (1870's)

 


Portrait of inmate members of the prison choir in the chapel at Auburn Prison in Auburn, New York, c. 1870s. The man standing at the lectern at far right might be the prison's chaplain. Originally published as a stereoview by L. E. Walker.

Source: Library of Congress.

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Friday, January 16, 2015

Carte De Visite View Said to Show Confederate POWs in Line For Dinner in the Ohio Penitentiary During the Civil War in Columbus, Ohio


Carte de visite view said to show Confederate POWs lined up to go to dinner in Ohio Penitentiary during the Civil War in Columbus, Ohio. This information might be embellished as Confederate POWs were not known to wear prison uniforms during the Civil War. By Wm. Oldroyd.

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Confederate POWs Taking an Oath of Loyalty to the United States at the Rock Island Prison Barracks, a Union Prison Camp on Arsenal Island, Illinois (1865)


Confederate POWs taking an oath of loyalty to the United States at the Rock Island Prison Barracks, a Union prison camp on Arsenal Island (originally Rock Island), Illinois, c. 1865. From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Two Photographs Said to Show Union Guards Posing With Confederate POWs Wearing Barrels as Punishment in the Union Prison Camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, During the Civil War



Two photographs said to show Union guards posing with Confederate POWs undergoing barrel shirt punishment in the Union prison camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, during the Civil War. The two signs attached to them in the first photograph read “vagabond” and “thief.” By Morrow.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Confederate Guards Overlooking Belle Isle Prison Camp, Richmond (1863)



Two views of the Confederate Belle Isle Prison Camp, which was located on said island in the James River, Richmond, c. 1863. The prison commandant, Major Thomas P. Turner (standing near center in first photograph), is seen posing with other Confederate guards under his command and possibly curious civilians on a hill overlooking a mass of Union POW tents. The cannon that some of them are posing with looks as though it is being aimed down at some Union POW tents. The tents in the far distance near the river are those of Confederate guards. By Charles R. Rees.

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