Sumpter Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, June 1864 /

Shows the prison with wooden fence, 18 guard towers, the famous "deadline," the north and south gates, Sweetwater Creek, "Valley of Death," fortification, batteries, and cook house. He depicts overcrowding by a blizzard of tiny dots everywhere, writing the dots stand for "Union soldiers."

Date written on map: June 1863 with penciled 4 over the 3.

Pen-and-ink on blue tinted note paper.

Imperfect: Torn at fold lines, stained with several small holes and large central hole, and missing small sections of map along edges.

Purchase, James Madison Council / Edwin L. Cox American Legacy Fund, March, 2015. DLC