Plan of Andersonville Prison or "Camp Sumter," April, 1864. / Drawn by R.K. Sneden, while a prisoner there, April, 1864.

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Plan of Andersonville Prison or "Camp Sumter," April, 1864. / Drawn by R.K. Sneden, while a prisoner there, April, 1864.

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Illustrates the layout of Andersonville Camp, as Sneden refers to the prison, and the surrounding area where Confederate guard troops of the 1st Florida Battery were stationed including the headquarters of Captain Henry Wirz, roads in and out, topographical features such as swampland, a graveyard presumed to be connected with the prison, and "Anderson Village." Sneden revised this map and it is available as Mss5:1 Sn237:1 (v. 5, p. 560).

1 map : pen-and-ink and watercol. ; 15 x 19 cm.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Florida Artillery Battery, 1st.

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Andersonville Prison

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Wirz, Henry, 1823?-1865

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Wirz was most noted as the commander of Andersonville Prison. From the description of Captain Wirz Special Orders No. 3, 1865 January 27. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 212782030 Confederate army officer. From the description of Henry Wirz papers, 1864-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981619 ...

Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918

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Robert Knox Sneden was born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada and moved to New York City in 1851 at age 19. He received some architectural education. Sneden left Brooklyn in 1861 to enlist in the 40th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, or the Mozart Regiment, of the Army of the Potomac. He served as a quartermaster when his regiment camped near Leesburg Turnpike. Starting from January 12, 1862, Sneden served on Samuel P. Heintzelman's III Corps staff, at first, as a draughtsman on ma...