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The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Va.
Photographer: Charles R. Rees
Taken: 1863
Caption: The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Va.
Additional Description: Stereograph showing Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of the "Libby Prison," dressed in gray, with felt hat on, standing on hill overlooking the Confederate prison encampment on Belle Isle in the James River. Confederate guard tents are near the river in the distance. Library of Congress [LOT 4181, no. 204]
Submitted: April 1, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p237382
File Size: 0.379 Megabytes

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