Andersonville. The relations of the "Confederate government" to federal prisoners

Item Information

• Description
  Open letter from Dr. Joseph Jones of New Orleans to Benjamin H. Hill, congressman from Georgia. Describes poor conditions at Andersonville (Ga.) Prison, used by Confederacy to house Union prisoners during Civil War. Special attention given to poor sanitary and health conditions at the Confederate Prison. Dated Jan. 17, 1876. Includes brief letter by Robert E. Lee on subject of Civil War prisons. Housed with Louisiana broadsides.

• Item ID
  bdsla30634
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  Georgia
  Louisiana
  Sumter County (Ga.)
  Andersonville (Ga.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  Andersonville. The relations of the "Confederate government" to federal prisoners
• Extent
  1 scan
• Date
  1876-01-17
• Folder
  LA3
• Type
  Text
  circular letters
• Subject
  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  Health and hygiene

• Copyright & Usage
  None