Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.

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Andersonville Prison, Georgia, How They Buried Them

Artist Andrew Jackson Riddle (American, 1829 - 1897)

DateAugust 17, 1864

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 4 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (12.1 × 7.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 × 6 5/16 in. (20.3 × 16 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 1/16 in. (50.8 × 40.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.272

Terms

U.S. Civil War
Men
Military affairs

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A picture held vertically showing a long pathway of a trench in the earth. Near the middle of the picture stands a group of men with a body. Behind them are a few trees in the distance. The text below reads "How They Buried Them at Andersonville, Georgia. August 17th 1864." This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextA.J. Riddle American (1828-1897) Andersonville Prison, Georgia, How They Buried Them, August 17, 1864 Albumen print on A.J. Riddle mount 98.32.272 During the fourteen months the prison was in operation, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were confined there. Of these, almost 13,000 died from poor sanitation, malnutrition, overcrowding, and exposure to the elements. Diseases such as dysentery, gangrene, diarrhea, and scurvy killed many. The Confederates lacked adequate facilities, personnel, and medical supplies to combat the diseases. Edited By: DS Edited Date: 01/2006