prisoners

Achille Deveria - Album La Silhouette : Madame de Lavalette. (IFF 114)

Mme de Lavalette. / Souvenir de 1815. (Inscribed title) Planche de l'album non monté intitulé La silhouette (IFF 114), suite de quatre planches, lithograhie Lettre - Au recto, en bas, imprimé : "A. Devéria." ; ... More

Jean Francois Benard - Sortie du débiteur. / Sainte-Pélagie. / N°12.

La prison Sainte-Pélagie. (Group title) Planche 12 d'une suite de 12 planches lithographiées. Tampon - Au recto, en bas au centre, sur le bas de l'image, tampon à l'encre violette : "VILLE / DE / PARIS" (Cf. Lu... More

War and pestilence! Two young ladies taken prisoners by the savages .....

Indians of North America- Captivities.; Hall, Francis and Almira.; Brigdon, Philip.; Woodcut.; Prospectus. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as f... More

War and pestilence! Two young ladies taken prisoners by the savages.

Two young women and a young man, captives, being led through the wilderness by four Sauk and Fox Indians. Illus. in: Narrative of the capture and providential escape of Misses Frances and Almira Hall : two resp... More

La République a pâli..., anonyme, estampe, France

La Caricature politique, morale, littéraire et scénique (Group title) Planche HT parue dans La Caricature politique, morale, littéraire et scénique, volume 5, 31 janvier 1833 (Planche n°243) Inscription - Titre... More

Remeses III returning with his prisoners.

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Le cachot. - Henry Bonaventure Monnier

Les Français peints par eux-mêmes. (Group title) Gravure montée sur une feuille cartonnée. Lettre - Signé sur l'image, en bas à gauche : "Gerard. sc."; et à droite : "HENRY. MONNIER."; et en-dessous de l'image,... More

Dites donc, voisin, on a un peu boissonné chez vous hier! ça allait ro...

In a cell corridor, two prisoners in their open doorways. The one at right in profile to the left, handkerchief on his head, a shirt, bare legs, boots on his feet. Bottles on both sides of the door. The other p... More

Dites donc, voisin, on a un peu boissonné chez vous hier! ça allait ro...

In a cell corridor, two prisoners in their open doorways. The one at right in profile to the left, handkerchief on his head, a shirt, bare legs, boots on his feet. Bottles on both sides of the door. The other p... More

Caporal, on gèle dans votre satané violon! Mon épouse n'est vraimen...

Man and woman as longshoremen in prison. The first seen from the back at left, both hands placed on the small window in the door, through which one sees half of the corporal's head. The woman leaning on one kne... More

Louis Haghe - The first descent through the Koojah Pass

Illustration shows soldiers and Indian civilians, who traveled with the Army of the Indus en route to Afghanistan, marching in the Khojak Pass, Pakistan, en route to Afghanistan; prisoners stand in the foregrou... More

Gov. Seward's letter or the triumph of liberality and justice

A dramatic prison scene, intended to contrast the clemency of New York's Whig governor William H. Seward with the vindictiveness of the Democrat-controlled New York City prison administration. In the interior o... More

map from "Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé expedition. Containing a de...

This image has been taken from scan 000024 from "Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé expedition. Containing a description of a tour through Texas. With an account of the ... capture of the Texans and their march, ... More

“- Sir, you who are so good, can't you get me small position?.... I am...

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The Roll Call of the Last Victims of the Terror

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The folly of crime - Engraving, Public domain image

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Prisoners brought before the king.

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Interview of General Lafayette with his wife & daughters in the prison...

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Louisa Blaney - Public domain portrait print

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Unsigned primitive painting of Charlestown Prison Yard showing granite...

Unsigned primitive painting of Charlestown Prison Yard showing granite octagonal structure of 1850. Possibly painted by an inmate; certainly an example of folk art. For the first sixty years in the life of the ... More

prisoners of war from "[Cassell's Illustrated History of the Russo-Tur...

This image has been taken from scan 000584 from volume 01 of "[Cassell's Illustrated History of the Russo-Turkish War, etc.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by... More

The Custody of a Prisoner Does Not Call for Torture (La seguridad de u...

Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) - Spanish painter and printmaker of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Goya is know... More

Passmore Williamson / John H. Sherwin, del. ; L.N. Rosenthals lith. Ph...

Print shows Passmore Williamson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, "in Moyamensing Prison, Philada." Includes facsimile signature. Caption continues: Incarcerated by Judge Kane. In Moyamensing Prison,... More

Lynch law in California - surrender of prisoners at the county gaol [j...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 July 12, p. 36. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: California San Francisco; California Hist. 1856; Lynching; Prisons.

Alphonse Legros - Le prisonnier

Naked man, turned to the left, seated at the foot of a tree, his hands tied behind his back. There can be distinguished in the left side, two contours of figures previously sketched on the plate. Courtesy of Bo... More

Allen in the Provost Prison - Public domain portrait engraving

1776 or 1777. Wood engraving by Lossing-Barritt. From Harper's New Monthly, v. 17, 1858. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse - Napoléon a Sainte-Hélène Paul Delar...

Print shows Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, full-length portrait, facing front, sitting on rocks on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Signed on stone on lower l... More

Corridor of the prison in which Mr. Sickles is confined

Daniel Sickles and jailor at door of cell, Wash., D.C., jail.

Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C. ... 1...

Engraved form.; On verso: 5949A , Aug 63. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 71.

Tecumseh saving prisoners - A black and white drawing of a man on a ho...

Print shows Tecumseh shielding prisoners from another Native American on horseback wielding a tomahawk during the War of 1812; another Native is about to scalp a dead soldier. Entered according to act of Congr... More

Cellule d'attente sous la Terreur, la Conciergerie, 1 quai de l'Horlog...

Conciergerie. / Cellule d'attente sous la Terreur. (Inscribed title) Tirage contrecollé sur montage ancien Signature de l'exécutant - Au recto, sur le carton en bas à droite, manuscrit à l'encre noire : "Bricha... More

Broadside with 48 scenes from the life of the Count of Monte Cristo

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Porte intérieure du guichet de la Dette. Prison de Sainte-Pélagie, 5èm...

Ste Pélagie. Porte intérieure du guichet de la Dette. (Inscribed title) Tirage contrecollé sur montage ancien Inscription - Inscription au recto Porte intérieure du guichet de la Dette. Prison de Sainte-Pélagie... More

Bône. Prisoniers Kroumirs á la Casbah / ND.

Five prisoners (possibly Berbers) in courtyard, Annaba (Bône), Algeria. No. 189?

Capture of a U.S. Cavalry - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Fragment of an arm below image. Formerly Waud no. B-78. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.842) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Train of prisoners - Public domain scan / drawing

Train meeting steamboat Marion at dock. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-31. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.796) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Lieut. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, and Capt. Custer, U.S.A.

George Armstrong Custer, seated with Lieut. Washington and his slave. No. 428.

Rebel prisoners in the dungeon of the State House at Jefferson City, M...

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The War in America: Union troops attacking Confederate prisoners in th...

Wood engraving in The Illustrated London News, 14 September 1861, p. 283. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: DC, Washington Misc. 1861; Civil War Prisoners; She... More

Federal prisoners captured at battle of Bull Run, Castle Pinkney [i.e....

Photograph shows Confederate soldiers above watching Union prisoners below in the yard. No. 4375. Hand written on verso: "See Miller vol. 7, p. 4". Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Federal prisoners captured at battle of Bull Run, Castle Pinkney [i.e....

Photograph shows group from the 69th New York Infantry (Fighting 69th), some seated, others standing in the rear, facing front. A sign above the door, No. 7 Musical Hall, 444th Broadway. No. 4374. Mounted wit... More

Provost Marshal--and police of Alexandria searching and examining a pr...

Title inscribed under image. Inscribed: all portraits got rubbed while riding. Published in: New York Illustrated News, July 22 1861, p. 188. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.55) Forms part of: Morgan ... More

Federal flag-of-truce boat NEW YORK, at Aikens Landing, waiting for ex...

Caption card tracings: Aikens Landing; Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners; CW Ships; CW Truces; Shelf. ? Virginia?

Secrets of the prison-house--a cell in the female department of the Wa...

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W.W. Kerr, 55th Tennessee Infantry

Not all photographs of prisoners were of returned Union soldiers. Photographers frequently visited prison camps and took photos of soldiers while in captivity. Most notable among these was Camp Douglas in Chi... More

Belle Island [sic], Confederate States of America

Prison camp with tents and guards. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: the river. Formerly Waud no. B-150. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.914) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil... More

Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison

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Castle Pinkney [i.e. Pinckney], Charleston, S.C., August 1861, Federal...

No. 4375. Mounted with one other photograph. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 7, p. 27". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Lieutenant Tompkins, at the head of Company B, U.S. Dragoons, charging...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 12, no. 290 (1861 June 8), p. 53.

Capt. W.H. May / Photographed by McPherson & Oliver, No. 132 Canal Str...

Photograph shows Captain William H. May of Co. I, 23rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment, after being released as a prisoner-of-war from Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas, with bedroll, haversack, canteen, and violin case, w... More

Rebel Prisoners leaving Baltimore for Fortress Monroe

Prisoners leaving in horse-drawn streetcars, through cheering crowd. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrest of Marshal Kane, at his house in Baltimore, at three o'clock A....

Print shows Union troops taking Marshal Kane into custody outside his home in Baltimore, Maryland. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 12, no. 294 (1861 July 6), p. 113.

Non-commissioned officers, 19th Iowa Infantry, exchanged prisoners fro...

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Castle Pinkney [i.e. Pinckney], Charleston, S.C., August 1861, Federal...

No. 4376. Mounted with one other photograph. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, page 165". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The first Rebel prisoners & Genl i.e. General Willich, Green River, Ky...

(transcribed from front and back of sheet). Title on mat (source unverified): The first Rebel prisoners (Texas Rangers) at Green River, Ky., 1862. Gen. Willich receiving them. Code on mat (source unverified): ... More

[Five unidentified prisoners of war in Confederate uniforms in front o...

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Rebel prisoners, Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Confederate States of Amer...

Photograph shows Confederate prisoners of war at Camp Morton. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More

Convicts exercising at Pentonville Prison

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The capture of General August Willich at Stone's River Tennessee, 1862

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.61" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): III-59. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congre... More

The Union prisoners at Richmond, Virginia

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1862 Jan. 18. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Mississippian Extra. - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

From the Oliver R. Barrett Collection.

W. E. Price to Lorenzo Thomas, Sunday, March 23, 1862 (Telegram regar...

Major Anderson of Terry's Texas Rangers, a lady of Woodson House, and ...

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title on mat (source unverified): Exchanging prisoners under a flag of truce-Woodland House near Munfortsville, KY; Major Anderson of Terry's Texas Rangers; Lady a... More

Some colors and prisoners taken by French : [map of action around Wash...

Shows the location of troops just outside of Sharpsburg, Md., during the battle of Antietam. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photoco... More

Union war prisoners association

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony, Major & Knapp. Copyright deposit, southern district of N.Y.: Oct. 1863

Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain, May 12

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture ... More

Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture ... More

To the President of the United States: The undersigned, loyal citizens...

Letter requests the removal of Judge Peabody from his present position.

Map showing route taken by Mosby with his prisoners, Nov. 27th-29th, 1...

In this detail from an unidentified printed map, Sneden has traced the circuitous route he and other prisoners captured by Mosby's Guerillas during the Mine Run Campaign followed from near Rappahannock Station,... More

[Portraits of Japanese guards, a woman washing herself, a prisoner wit...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese guardhouse men" (upper left); "A Japanese girl at toilet" (upper right); "Japanese prisoner and police examiner" (lower left); and "A Japanese girl and the universal guitar... More

Proclamation. [Presidential powers to grant reprieves and pardons.]

A disloyal demonstration, New Orleans, Feb. 20th 1863 A group of excha...

Print shows, from a two page spread of scenes in New Orleans, a vignette of several Confederate prisoners of war on the docks awaiting transportation home. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 1... More

Rebel wounded coming in as prisoners on the field of battle

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 15 August 1863, p. 521, as part of : Reminiscences of the Maryland Campaign. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.363) Forms part of: Morgan coll... More

Reminiscences of the Maryland campaign - Rebel wounded coming in as pr...

Three wounded men approaching Union picket under a white flag. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1863 Aug. 15), p. 521. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4420S This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption c... More

Camp of Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain, May 12, 1863

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture ... More

John P. Usher to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 15, 1863 (Removal...

Libby Prison, Union prisoners at Richmond, Virginia from nature by Act...

Print shows the interior of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia with Union officers and soldiers sitting or standing in groups. Brigadier General August Willich (1810-1878), captured at the Battle of Stones River,... More

The escaped refugees from the Libey [sic] Prison

Escaped Union prisoners in woods, being met by Union soldiers(?). Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1864.

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South end view of the stockade Showing ...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, masses of huts made of sticks and blankets, and a stockade with sentry boxes in the distance (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warren L. Goss of Co. H, 2nd ... More

Confederate prisoners captured at cavalry fight at Aldie, Virginia, Ju...

No. 4215. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 34. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 7, p. 169". Gift; C... More

Front Page Harper's Weekly, June 18, 1864

These lithographs, made from photographs of recently released prisoners, were printed on the front page of the June 18, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly and accompanied by an article on the treatment of prisoners ... More

President Lincoln and General Grant on peace and war.

1) Interview with the President, by J. T. Mills. 2) Letter of General Grant to E. B. Washbourne. 3) On the Chicago surrender [poem] by Bayard Taylor.

Office Commissioner for Exchange. Fort Monroe. Va., January 24th, 1864...

On verso: 5949A 1 Aug 63. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 235, Folder 1a.

Butler's victims of Fort St. Philip

Union General Benjamin F. Butler with Confederate prisoners at Fort St. Philip near New Orleans, Louisiana. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 18... More

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South-east view, taken from the stockad...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, a group involved in a court martial or trial of a prisoner on the left, a structure with four poles and a blanket roof used as a barber shop in the m... More

Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, captured with ...

No. B225. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 7, p. 42". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

"Camp Lawton" at Millen, Georgia : about 8,600 prisoners confined here...

Concerns a Confederate prison camp for Northern soldiers that was brand new in October 1864 when Sneden was transferred from Savannah, Ga., back inland to Camp Lawton at Millen, Ga. Sneden shows the 44-acre st... More

map from "Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of United States Offi...

This image has been taken from scan 000275 from "Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of United States Officers and Soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel Authorities. Being the Report of a... More

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Bird's eye view - gathering roots to bo...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground and masses of huts made of sticks and blankets; the cluster of huts in the foreground was referred to as "Mud Island" (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warre... More

Serving out rations to our exchanged prisoners on board the "New York"...

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Beverly Tucker to Thomas P. Akers, Thursday, October 06, 1864 (Provis...

Confederate Prisoners for Exchange, Cox's Landing, James River

Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Serving out rations to our exchanged prisoners on board the NEW YORK

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Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sen...

Depicts railroad lines from Raleigh, N.C., through South Carolina and Georgia, highlighting in purple ink the particular train route Sneden took as a prisoner. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocop... More

Where five thousand Confederate prisoners lay camped. A scene after th...

Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 7, p. 42". Gift; George Holmes; July 26, 1941.

Point Lookout, Md. View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U.S. genl. depot f...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 257 Sixty-three sites are listed in the margin and keyed by number to the appropriate position in the view. Inset: Headquarters of the general commanding St. Mary's... More

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. View from the main gate Issuing rations...

Photograph shows prisoners gathered for rations distribution in front of Confederate sutlers building and stockade in the distance (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warren L. Goss of Co. H, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Art... More

Confederate prisoners captured at the battle of Fisher's Hill, Virgini...

Devised title based on information from: The Image of war, 1861-1865, vol. 2, page 338 and National Archives photograph 111-B-497. Erroneous title on item: Confederate prisoners captured at the battle of Fisher... More

Commissioned officers of 19th Iowa Infantry after their exchange as pr...

Caption card tracings: CW Prisoners; Civil War Troops Iowa; Shelf. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Post-war impressions, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park,...

At Farmville, VA, Eugene Beague of the 45th Pennsylvania saw many Confederates making their way home after the surrender. He wrote: “During our stay in the vicinity of Farmville we got to be quite chummy with t... More