- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of escape tunnels and wells dug by prisoners, Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia, 1977]
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- Prisoner-of-war escapes--Georgia--Andersonville
Andersonville National Historic Site (Ga.)
Prisons--Georgia--Sumter County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Andersonville, 32.19599, -84.13991
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Sumter, 1977. Escape Tunnels (l[eft]) dug by prisoners. Wells dug by prisoners (r[ight]) - Andersonville."--from field notes
2003/07/17: The escape tunnels terminated at the base of the tree(s). The tunnels were dug by Union soldiers who were imprisoned at Andersonville prisoner of war camp. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_sum105
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:sum105
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
