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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05137.011 |
| From Archive Folder | Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. |
| Title | Waiting for exchanged prisoners |
| Date | ca. 1864-1865 |
| Author | Taylor & Huntington (fl. 1861-1880) |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Taylor & Huntington, publishers. "This is the flag-of-truce steamer "New York," waiting at Aiken's Landing, on the James River, for the Rebel flag-of-truce boat from Richmond, with a load of Union prisoners for Exchange. And what an exchange it was. The Union soldiers just from Rebel prison pens; starved and often too weak to walk, many of the poor victims had to be brought off on stretchers, some even were dead before they reached this place of exchange. What did the Rebels get in exchange; man for man, they received fat, healthy, well-fed, and well-clothed Rebel soldiers. The starving Union soldiers we got from them, went directly into hospitals or to their graves; the Rebel soldiers they got from us, went directly into their army, the strongest and best men they had. This is the secret of the horrible treatment our soldiers received in Andersonville and other prison pens. It was to weaken us and strengthen themselves that prompted them to starve our soldiers." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Truce Prisoner of War Confederate States of America Atrocity Hospital Health and Medical Death Diet and Nutrition Prison Camp Steamboat |
| People | Taylor & Huntington (fl. 1861-1880) |
| Place written | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | PLEASE NOTE: This album contains content some may find disturbing. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |