New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Andersonville Prison, Georgia, Southwest View of Stockade

Artist Andrew Jackson Riddle (American, 1829 - 1897)

DateAugust 17, 1864

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (7.9 × 11.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 6 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (16 × 20 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.8 × 50.6 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

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

Object number98.32.269

Terms

U.S. Civil War
Men
Military affairs

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A photograph of Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Appears to be an uneven field filled with crowded tents. Along the right side of the photo runs a post and rail fence. "South-west view of Stockade. Showing the Dead Line. Thirty-three Thousand Prisoners in Bastile. 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, South-west View of Stockade, Showing the Dead Line, August 17, 1864 Albumen print on A.J. Riddle mount 98.32.269 A light fence known as "the Dead Line" was erected approximately 19-25 feet inside the stockade wall, to demarcate a no-man's land keeping the prisoners away from the wall. Anyone crossing this line was immediately shot by sentries posted at intervals around the stockade wall. Edited By: DS Edited Date: 01/2006