Barber. Barber. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. A prisoner sits in a wooden barber's chair. Barber's instruments are laid out on a table. The barber holds the prisoners head in one hand and a razor in the other hand. The barber's sign reads 'Shaving 2 crackers, Haircutting 3 crackers, Shampooing 3 crackers' Prisoner: 'Barber your razor pulls' Barber: 'Never mind if the handle breaks. I've got two more.' View Item
Prisoner's Post Office. Prisoner's Post Office. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. Prisoners gather around a wooden building with tent roof labeled 'post office.' Other prisoners surround a bulletin board and open parcels. An African-American sentinel stands guard by wooden buildings in the background. View Item
Prison Schoolhouse. Prison Schoolhouse. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper. 6 x 5 7/8 in. Prisoners stand, sit and read outside a long wooden building. One prisoner pumps water, African American guards stand watch. Prisoners say, 'I wonder what makes this place so lousy;' 'Come on bob let's enlist to fight the indians, damn the difference;' 'Come on John let's take the oath;' and 'If you push me again I'll break your head.' View Item
Fritters and pies. Fritters and pies. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. Two prisoners sit and eat at a peddler's stand, which holds plates, pies and jars of molasses and is labeled, 'Hot Pies & Slap Jacks.' The peddler brings more food, which he has cooked over an open flame, over to the prisoners. First prisoner: 'Oh me! If a feller had plenty of money could'nt he live' Peddler: 'Here's some more of your warm fritters, two and molasses to go with them for five cents.' Second prisoner: 'This bread pudding beats them slap jacks all to hallow.' View Item
James Barnes, Bvt. Major General, U.S.V. James Barnes, Bvt. Major General, U.S.V. Engraving: Portrait of James Barnes in uniform. 'James Barnes, B.V.T. Major General, U.S.V. Engd by G.R. Hall from a photo by Townsend. Published by Jno. B. Bachelder, New York.' under portrait. View Item
Chuck-luck. Chuck-luck. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. Two prisoners sit at a table playing a game involving cards and dice. Another prisoner stands over the table. Standing prisoner: 'Mr. Can I bet this cracker against a chew tobacco.' Dealer: 'Yes slap it down on the spot.' Seated prisoner: 'I'll bet a chew on the four spot.' View Item
[Knapsack theft] [Knapsack theft] Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 6 1/8 x 6 in. Two African American guards stand in front of a tent, holding rifles. A prisoner holding a knapsack and a canteen walks away from the back of the tent. First guard: 'Well nigger whats de matter now.' Second guard: 'You see copral, dis is de first time, I'se been on dis post, and I laid my knappsack and canteen down dar, and for I could wink my eye some damn Rebel stole dem both.' Prisoner: 'This will do me more good than that darkie.' View Item
The Reb who never saw a crab. The Reb who never saw a crab. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. A prisoner holds out a crab, which bites the nose of another prisoner. Another prisoner with a fishing rod and catch stands to the right. Prisoner with crab: 'Mr. just smell this bug it's the sweetest thing you ever smelt.' Prisoner with bitten nose: 'Oh my nose! make him let loose or I'll knock his brains out.' Prisoner with fishing rod: 'Ha! Ha! Ha! The chap's been crabing, and he's got a bite.' View Item
Major Brady Provost Marshal. Major Brady Provost Marshal. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. Major Brady, on horseback, talks to two prisoners who stand next to him, one holds up a piece of paper. Major Brady: 'Well Rebs what can I do for you all.' First prisoner: 'Major will you please and sign this permit.' Second prisoner: 'Major has any money letter come yet, I had some money sent me from Baltimore.' View Item
Point Lookout Sports. Keeno or Lotto. Point Lookout Sports. Keeno or Lotto. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 6 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. Prisoners play a game with checkered boards and tiles. Several prisoners sit or lay on the ground. One prisoner calls out numbers behind a table, another dumps his playing board into the caller's table. Caller: '35' First prisoner: 'I've lost all my tobacco and have not won a single pot.' Second prisoner: 'Keeno on the top line.' Third prisoner: 'Why didn't you call out 36 I had two chances.' View Item
Coffee Grounds Collector. Coffee Grounds Collector. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. Two men, labeled '1' and '2,' kneel as one cooks over an open flame outside a tent. Another man (unlabeled) stands between them with a piece of meat. The standing man: 'Mr can I fry this bit of meat on your fire?' Reb No. 1 'Mr has any one spoke for your coffee grounds?' Reb No. 2 'No you may have them' Reb No. 1 'Thank the lord I'm in luck once more.' View Item
[Guard and prisoner] [Guard and prisoner] Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 6 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. An African American guard points a bayonetted rifle at a prisoner in front of a tent. Their conversation is written out in the top left corner. 'Sentinel {halt-dar, who goes dar? Rebel {A Friend. Sentinal {Look here white man, don't you say Friend again, you's a Rebel and prisoner, and I'se put here to watch you - how you like dat.' View Item
Prison Hospital. Prison Hospital. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. A group of long wooden buildings on stilts. Two prisoners sit in the doorway to one building, a patient with an amputated leg walks on crutches toward a fence in front of the buildings. View Item
[Praying] [Praying] Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 7/8 x 6 in. An African American guard looks into a tent in which a prisoner is kneeling on the ground. Another prisoner peeks out from behind the tent, thumbing his nose at the guard. The dialogue is transcribed in the upper left corner. 'Sentinel {What you make dat noise in dar for? Rebel {I'm not making any noise, I'm only praying Sentinel {Well dat will do for dis time and if I catch you at it agin, I'll make you double quick, dems my orders.' View Item
[Prisoners at Point Lookout taking the oath of allegiance] [Prisoners at Point Lookout taking the oath of allegiance] Albumen print: 6 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. A group of prisoners stand in a building, with the U.S. Flag draped across the ceiling, each with his hand on a Bible. A Union officer stands at a dais administering the oath of allegiance to the Union. View Item
Point Lookout Sports. Seven-Up. Point Lookout Sports. Seven-Up. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 6 x 6 3/8 in. Five prisoners sit around a table playing cards and betting. Another prisoner approaches one of the men and asks to be included. Ships are seen in the background. Standing prisoner: 'Mr. Can I come in the game.' First prisoner: 'That's low, that's out.' Second prisoner: 'No you can't come in this game, I believe your the cause of my bad luck.' Third prisoner: 'I think high goes out before low.' Fifth prisoner: 'Who in the devil could play such hands as I get.' View Item
Dr. Thompson, Surgeon. Dr. Thompson, Surgeon. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. Dr. Thompson is on horseback, with an attendant walking alongside. A prisoner pulls hairs out of the horse's tail. Attendant: 'Dr. there's a Reb pulling hairs out of your horse's tail.' Doctor: 'I'll have that Reb put in the guard house if I catch him at it again.' Prisoner: 'These hairs will make a splendid watch chain.' View Item
Co. 'G,' 1st Massachusetts Cavalry [Image] Co. 'G,' 1st Massachusetts Cavalry [Image] Soldiers, displaying swords, grouped in front of a large wooden two story house with porch, which flies an U.S. flag. View Item
Group of Co. 'G,' 1st Massachusetts Cavalry [Image] Group of Co. 'G,' 1st Massachusetts Cavalry [Image] Soldiers, swords displayed, grouped in front of a tent. View Item
James Hopkinson's Plantation. Planting sweet potatoes. [Image] James Hopkinson's Plantation. Planting sweet potatoes. [Image] African American men and women hoe and plow the earth while others cut piles of sweet potatoes for planting. One man sits in a horse-drawn cart. View Item
James Hopkinson's Plantation. Group going to field. [Image] James Hopkinson's Plantation. Group going to field. [Image] African American men, women and children stand around and in a horse-drawn cart. A white man who could be James Hopkinson stands next to them. View Item
James Hopkinson's House. [Image] James Hopkinson's House. [Image] African American men and women stand in a road next to a large three-storied house with porch and dormer windows. A well dressed white man, perhaps James Hopkinson, stands nearby. View Item
James Hopkinson's Plantation. [Image] James Hopkinson's Plantation. [Image] View of African Americans outside a small clapboard house. One woman stands in the doorway, another washes clothes, another carries a basin on her head; one man holds a child, another man stands next to a large bush. View Item
John E. Seabrook's Wharf. Century plant. Drying cotton. [Image] John E. Seabrook's Wharf. Century plant. Drying cotton. [Image] Cotton drying on ground, tended by an African American man and woman; large plant at edge of wharf, which juts out into water, many men lounge on it. View Item
John E. Seabrook's Fish Pond. [Image] John E. Seabrook's Fish Pond. [Image] View of lake showing two officers and an African American in a rowboat in front of a small island connected to shore by bridges. View Item