- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Camp Oglethorpe
- Date of Original:
- 1862/1863
- Subject:
- Military prisons--Georgia--Macon
Confederate States of America. Army--Prisons
Prisoners--Georgia--Macon
Trees--Georgia--Macon
Buildings--Georgia--Macon
C.S. Military Prison, Macon, Ga.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Camp Oglethorpe, which opened in Macon in 1862, became most noted among Union prisoners for the number of escape tunnel operations beneath the enclosure. Although the facility was virtually abandoned in 1863 as a result of prisoner exchanges with the Union army, by 1864 more than 2,300 Union officers were imprisoned there.
Image of a drawing depicting a scene from Camp Oglethorpe, a Confederate prison which opened in Macon, Georgia in 1862. Small groups of men stand in the center of the prison yard, and small buildings line the edge of the prison grounds. Several trees grow among the buildings.
The prisoners at Camp Oglethorpe were a mixture of Union officers and enlisted men. Camp Oglethorpe became most noted among Union prisoners for the number of escape tunnel operations beneath the enclosure. Although the facility was virtually abandoned in 1863 as a result of prisoner exchanges with the Union army, by 1864 more than 2,300 Union officers were imprisoned there. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/civil-war-prisons/m-8078/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Massachusetts Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion, U.S. Army Military History Institute
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/civil-war-prisons
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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