Part 7: Confederate Prisons pp. 354-392
A Guide to the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook
Scrapbook Inventory (Part 7: Confederate Prisons pp. 354-392)
Collection Number 1994.80.354-392
The scrapbook inventory has been arbitrarily divided into separate parts with titles reflecting the major subject(s) covered. In some cases, however, images or text pertaining to specific battles or sites may be located on pages not corresponding to strict chronological arrangement. Researchers should search each part of the inventory for their subject of interest. Some accession numbers are intentionally left off of the chart because they represent blank pages.
List of Illustrations
• Copies of these illustrations may be ordered from the Photographic and Digital Reproductions page.
*In the publications column, EOS refers to Eye of the Storm (2000) and IFS refers to Images From the Storm (2001).
Page | Type | Title or Text | Description |
354 | The Soldier's National Home. Milwaukie. | Printed sketch of the Union veterans home in Milwaukee, Wisc. | |
354 | General Grant's Monument at Riverside Park, New York City. | Printed sketch. | |
354 | Curiosities Of The War. | Newspaper article concerning the chances of getting hit by a bullet or a shell during battle. | |
355 | plate | Andersonville 1864. | Sketch of a medal worn by former Union prisoners incarcerated at Andersonville Prison. |
355 | Sketches of Rebel Prisons in the Confederate States. | Title page inscription to prison section. | |
355 | [Graveyard] | Printed sketch of a graveyard at night. | |
356 | plate | View from the rear windows of Scott's Building. Richmond, Virginia. Jany. 1864. | Sketch showing Crew & Pemberton and Libby prisons in Richmond, Va. |
356 | plate | Survivors of Rebel Prisons. | Text, by Sneden, concerning the total number of living survivors of Confederate prisons as of 1881. |
356.2 | Union Ex-Prisoners of War Badge. | Printed sketch of the official badge of the national association. | |
357 | plate | Rear of the Rebel Redoubt on Belle Island. James River. 1863. | Sketched from a photograph. |
357 | General Edward J. Johnston, C.S.A. | Printed photographic portrait of Richard Stoddert Ewell (1817-1872), Confederate general. | |
357 | General T. F. (Stonewall) Jackson. | Printed photographic portrait of Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824-1863), Confederate general. | |
357 | plate | The Rebel Prison on Belle Island. James River Va. | |
358 | plate | Richmond & Petersburg R.R. Bridge over which Prisoners passed on their way to Belle Island. | |
358 | plate | Note. | Note concerning the number of Union and Confederate soldiers held as prisoners of war during the war. |
358 | Topographical Sketch of the City of Richmond Virginia, with the Surrounding Encampments, 1862. [map] | Bears annotations by Sneden. | |
359 | plate | Belle Island. Richmond, Virginia. | |
359 | plate | Rebel Prison known as Scott's Building near Main and 20th St. Richmond, Va. | Scott's Factory Prison opened in 1862. |
359 | The Capitol At Richmond. | Printed sketch of the Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson. | |
360 | Libby Prison War Museum. | Printed sketch of the Libby Prison War Museum in Chicago, Ill. | |
360 | plate | Number of U.S. Army Officers Confined in Libby Prison. Prisoners of War during the winter of 1863 and to May 1st 1864. | Table. |
360 | The Escape of U.S. Officers from Libby Prison. | Newspaper article concerning the attempted escape of Union prisoners on 9 February 1864. | |
361 | plate | Prison on Belle Island. | |
361 | plate | The Lower End of Belle Island. James River. | |
362 | plate | View of Castle Thunder. 19th and Carey Streets. Richmond, Virginia. | Castle Thunder Prison was a large tobacco warehouse located on the north side of Cary Street between 18th & 19th Streets. Mainly used for civilian prisoners, it was generally packed with murderers, cut-throats, thieves and other desperadoes. |
362 | Castle Thunder. | Newspaper article concerning Castle Thunder Prison in Richmond, Va. | |
362 | plate | The Hut for the Bloodhounds kept by Harris outside the stockade. Andersonville Prison. | |
363 | plate | Fort Warren. Boston Harbor, Mass. 1865. | Fort Warren, Mass., was a prison for Confederate officers. |
363 | plate | View in Andersonville Prison Georgia. View from South East corner of the Stockade. | |
364 | Andersonville National Cemetery George. | Printed sketch of monument at the national cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. | |
364 | plate | Genl. Grant's Telegraph In Reference To An Exchange Of Prisoners of War "Man for Man." | Sketched copy of U. S. Grant's 17 August 1864 message denying the exchange of Confederate prisoners of war. |
365 | [Summons, 9 September 1865] | Typed order 9 September 1865, issued to James E. Alden of Company F of the 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment, U.S.A., to appear as a witness in the case against Henry Wirz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison. | |
367 | plate | The Cookhouse outside the Stockade. Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Aug. 1864. | |
367 | plate | Rebel Prison at Salisbury, North Carolina. 1864. | |
367 | plate | Official Statement of U.S. War Department of Prisoners of War held by the U.S. and Confederate Governments. | |
368 | plate | Lawrenceville Va. on the Molveria River - Prisoners of War crossing Feby 23rd 1863. | |
368 | plate | Union Prisoners of War crossing the Yadkin River near Salisbury, N.C. on Platform Cars. February 24th 1864. | |
368 | plate | R.R. Bridge across The Roanoke River near Gaston, North Carolina crossed as Prisoner of War. Feby 23rd 1864. | |
369 | plate | Plan of Camp Lawton or the Rebel Prison near Millen. Georgia. November 1864. [map] | Map of Camp Lawton, a Confederate prison camp near Millen, Ga. |
370 | May 29th 1875. | Newspaper clipping concerning the shipwreck of the U.S.S. General Lyon off Cape Hatteras, N.C., in March 1865. | |
370 | plate | Water Tank. Wimsboro S.C. Feby 24th 1863. | |
370 | [Table of death rates at Andersonville Prison in 1864] | Printed table of deaths, by month, for Andersonville Prison in 1864. | |
370 | plate | List of members of the 40th New York Regt. who died and were buried in the National Cemetery at Andersonville - Sumter Co., Georgis. | |
371 | The Great Rebel Prison Pen At Andersonville, Georgia. | Printed sketch, from a drawing by Sneden, of Andersonville Prison. | |
371 | plate | Order No. 13 | Sketch of Order No. 13, 27 July 1864, issued by John Henry Winder, permitting the Confederate artillery battery stationed at Andersonville Prison to shell the prison camp if a Union army were to approach the camp. |
371 | War Tablet Unveiled. | Newspaper clipping concerning the dedication of a monument at Andersonville Prison. | |
372 | plate | Prison at Millen, Georgia from inside the gate. | |
372 | plate | Rebel Prison near Millen Georgia or "Camp Lawton." | Text, by Sneden, concerning Camp Lawton, the Confederate prison near Millen, Ga. |
372 | Prisoner of War. | Newspaper clipping concerning the total number of prisoners held by the opposing armies in the Civil War. | |
372 | plate | View of "Camp Lawton" or Millen Prison. | |
373 | plate | The Dead Line at Andersonville. | |
373 | plate | Andersonville Prison, Geo. from 1st March 1863 to 1st March 1865. | Table, compiled by Sneden, regarding the number of Union prisoners at Andersonville who died from various causes while imprisoned. |
373 | plate | The Rebel Prison. 2 1/2 miles from Florence S.C. and 92 from Charleston, S.C. | |
374 | plate | Andersonville Prison. [map] | |
374 | plate | Plan of The Rebel Prison Pen at Savannah, Georgia. [map] | Map of Confederate prison at Savannah, Ga. |
375 | plate | Savannah Georgia. | Text, by Sneden, concerning Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's capture of Savannah, Ga., in December 1864. |
375 | plate | The Rebel Defences of Savannah, Geo. [map] | |
376 | Plan Of The Andersonville Prison. [map] | Printed map of Andersonville Prison, bears annotations by Sneden. | |
376 | The Andersonville Prison. | Newspaper article concerning Andersonville Prison. | |
376 | Southern War Claims. | Newspaper article regarding claims of Southerners who had property destroyed or stolen by Union soldiers during the Civil War. | |
378 | plate | Map showing the Investment and Siege of Savannah Georgia by Genl. Sherman's Army. Decr. 1864. | March to the Sea, 15 November-21 December 1864. |
379 | plate | The Gallows. | Sketch of the gallows erected at Andersonville Prison for the execution of the Andersonville Raiders on 11 July 1864. |
379 | plate | Union Prisoners of War who were the Raiders at Andersonville Prison Georgia and who were hung there by their Comrades. July 11th 1864. | List of the six Union soldiers hanged at Andersonville Prison. |
379 | plate | The Prison Pen at Savannah, Georgia. | |
380 | plate | [Map of northern Georgia] | Map, sketched by Sneden while at Andersonville Prison, of northern Georgia. |
380 | plate | Union Prisoners of War who are buried in the Cemetery at Andersonville, Georgia. | Table, compiled by Sneden, of Union soldiers by state who are buried in the National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. |
381 | Confederate States Military Prison, Andersonville, Georgia. List of Market Prices. July 1, 1864. | Typed list of goods and their costs in Confederate money at Andersonville, Ga., on 1 July 1864. | |
383 | Providence Spring. | Newspaper clipping concerning a spring in the Andersonville Prison compound. | |
383 | Roper Hospital - Charleston. | Printed sketch of the building in Charleston where Union prisoners were confined in December of 1864 while awaiting their exchange. | |
383 | General Bushrod Johnson, C.S.A. | Printed photographic portrait of Bushrod Rust Johnson (1817-1880), Confederate general. | |
383 | View in Charleston, South Carolina, showing St. Michael's Church. | Printed sketch of St. Michael's Church, Charleston, S.C. | |
383 | General Howell Cobb, C.S.A. | Printed photographic portrait of Lafayette McLaws (1821-1897), Confederate general who commanded the defenses of Charleston, S.C., in 1864. | |
383 | plate | Charleston Jail, S.C. | Sketch of the Charleston Jail where Union prisoners were incarcerated in 1864. |
384 | Returned Prisoners of War at Camp Parole - Annapolis, Maryland. January 1865. | Printed sketch, from a photograph, of exchanged Union prisoners. | |
384 | Memorial At Andersonville Prison. | Newspaper clipping concerning the dedication of a monument erected over Providence Spring in the Andersonville Prison compound. | |
384 | plate | U.S. Official List of The Union Soldiers who are buried in The National Cemeteries from List made in 1885. | List, compiled by Sneden, of the number of Union soldiers buried at each of the eleven National Cemeteries. |
384 | plate | The South Gate from the outside. Andersonville Prison, Georgia. | |
385 | plate | The U.S. Iron Clads and Monitor Fleet at anchor at Charleston Bar during a gale of wind. December 14th 1864. | |
385 | plate | Fort Sumter. December 11th 1864. | Sketch of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C., showing the effect of Union bombardment on the fort. |
386 | plate | R. K. Sneden's Shanty. Andersonville Prison, Georgia. | |
386 | plate | Note. | Note concerning the comparison of death rates between Union and Confederate prisons. |
386 | plate | The Mortality at Andersonville Prison. | Text, by Sneden, regarding mortality figures for Andersonville Prison from 27 February 1864 to 28 April 1865. |
388 | plate | The Rebel Defences of Charleston, S.C., in December 1864. [map] | |
389 | plate | The Rebel Prison near Florence, South Carolina. | |
389 | plate | West Point Mills. Ashley River, Charleston, S.C. Nov 30th 1864. | |
389 | plate | Exchange of 10,000 Union Prisoners of War under flag of truce at Charleston Harbor, S.C. 11th and 12th Decr 1864. | |
390 | New Stories Of The War. | Newspaper article concerning the escape of several Union soldiers from Prison No. 4 in Danville, Va., in December 1863. | |
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