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Sketches of Confederate Prisons

This collection consists of eight mounted wash and ink drawings of Confederate prisons by Robert Knox Sneden during his service with the 40th New York volunteers during the Civil War. Each is captioned, identifying the prison, describing the site, listing the number of prisoners, noting how many de...

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Main Author: Sneden, Robert Knox (Creator)
Collection:Sketches of Confederate Prisons (#3129)
Date:1863-01-01/1864-12-31
Format: Electronic
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Drawing
Copyright:Public Domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/4268
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Summary: This collection consists of eight mounted wash and ink drawings of Confederate prisons by Robert Knox Sneden during his service with the 40th New York volunteers during the Civil War. Each is captioned, identifying the prison, describing the site, listing the number of prisoners, noting how many deaths occurred there, along with the date when he was imprisoned there. The watercolors are copies of original sketches done by Sneden while in the service.

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