179th New York Volunteer Infantry

A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign

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Prisoners of War
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Aiken's Landing
Embarkation of exchanged Union prisoners at Aiken's Landing, February 21, 1865 / sketched by J.R. Hamilton. Date Created/Published: 1865 March 18. Medium: 1 print : wood engraving. Summary: Print shows exchanged Union prisoners of war walking to the steamboat "New York" waiting at Aiken's Landing, South Carolina [sic]. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-132751 (b&w film copy neg.) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: Illus. in AP2.H32 1865 (Case Y) [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Notes: Title from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 429 (1865 March 18), p. 173. Subjects: Military personnel--Union--South Carolina--Aiken--1860-1870. Prisoners of war--Union--South Carolina--Aiken--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners--Union. Side wheelers--Union--South Carolina--Aiken--1860-1870. Format: Periodical illustrations--1860-1870. Wood engravings--1860-1870. Collections: Civil War Miscellaneous Items in High Demand Bookmark This Record: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003663011/ hand-tinted