Virginia Historical Society Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Robert Knox Sneden (1832-1918)
Scrapbook, 1861-1865
Mss5:7 Sn237:1

Scrapbook Inventory
Part 7: Confederate Prisons (pp. 354-392)

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Page	Type	Title or Text	Description
354	print	The Soldier's National Home. Milwaukie.	Printed sketch of the Union veterans home in Milwaukee, Wisc.
354	print	General Grant's Monument at Riverside Park, New York City.	Printed sketch.
354	print	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	print	Sketches of Rebel Prisons in the Confederate States.	Title page inscription to prison section.
355	print	[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	print	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	print	General Edward J. Johnston, C.S.A.	Printed photographic portrait of Richard Stoddert Ewell (1817-1872), Confederate general.
357	print	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	print	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	print	The Capitol At Richmond.	Printed sketch of the Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson.
360	print	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	print	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	print	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	print	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	print	[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	print	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	print	[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	print	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	print	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	print	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	print	Plan Of The Andersonville Prison. [map]	Printed map of Andersonville Prison, bears annotations by Sneden.
376	print	The Andersonville Prison.	Newspaper article concerning Andersonville Prison.
376	print	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	print	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	print	Providence Spring.	Newspaper clipping concerning a spring in the Andersonville Prison compound.
383	print	Roper Hospital - Charleston.	Printed sketch of the building in Charleston where Union prisoners were confined in December of 1864 while awaiting their exchange.
383	print	General Bushrod Johnson, C.S.A.	Printed photographic portrait of Bushrod Rust Johnson (1817-1880), Confederate general.
383	print	View in Charleston, South Carolina, showing St. Michael's Church.	Printed sketch of St. Michael's Church, Charleston, S.C.
383	print	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	print	Returned Prisoners of War at Camp Parole - Annapolis, Maryland. January 1865.	Printed sketch, from a photograph, of exchanged Union prisoners.
384	print	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	print	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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