179th New York Volunteers

179th New York Volunteer Infantry

A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign

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chapter 16

Prisoners of War

Aiken's Landing	Aiken's Landing	Monitor Onandaga	Andersonville	Charles Johnson	Daniel Hazelton	Danville Prison
ElmiraPrisonFoto	Flag of Truce Boat	Howland Washburn	Railroads of North Carolina	Libby Prison, April 1865	Libby Prison
Libby Prison	Salisbury Prison	Salisbury Prison, Baseball in 1862	Escape Attempt	Salisbury Hosptial	Salisbury Prison

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

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