Smuggling Medicines into the South. Smuggling Medicines into the South. Etching: 1 p. Men secretly load a rowboat with barrels, boxes, bundles of medicine. View Item
Index to Confederate War Etchings. Index to Confederate War Etchings. Letterpress: 1 p: A complete list of Confederate War Etchings included in the portfolio View Item
Jamison's Jayhawkers. Jamison's Jayhawkers. Etching: 1 p. Mounted Union soldiers from the Seventh Kansas Regiment under Charles R. Jennison leave destruction in their wake as they ride through town; they burn houses, hack down doors, shoot a man and abduct a woman. View Item
Formation of Guerrilla Bands. Formation of Guerrilla Bands. Etching: 1 p. Man being recruited to join a guerrilla band of Confederates under a flag calling for "no more surrenders;" his house has been destroyed and he sits with his family by the side of the road. View Item
Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army. Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army. Etching: 1 p. Johnston crosses a rock and skull-strewn desert on foot, with an accompaniment of loafers, horses, and a Native American guide, after resigning his Federal Army position to take up an appointment with the Confederacy. View Item
Return of a Raiding Party from Pennsylvania. Return of a Raiding Party from Pennsylvania. Etching: 1 p. Confederate soldiers, some on horseback, are herding a large group of pigs, cows and covered wagons, obtained during a raid on Union forts, toward a river. View Item
[Lower cover] [Lower cover] Binding: Green morocco, gold tooled. Spine title: Point Lookout Sketches. View Item
Endorsement of photograph in my father's handwriting. Endorsement of photograph in my father's handwriting. Manuscript: Graphite on paper; 3 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. Caption for photograph on Page 14, written by James Barnes. Caption: 'The Closing Scene of the Rebellion - the administering the Oath of Allegiance to the Rebel prisoners of war at Point Lookout, Md. June 30, 1865'. Title appears under the caption. View Item
Washing machines. Washing machines. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. Two men wash clothes while water is heated over a fire. One, wearing no pants, scrubs clothing against a washboard in a tub. The other beats clothing against a bench with a wooden club. Pantless man: 'Bob why don't you holler and let the fellers know we take in washing.' Other man: 'Heres the place to have your washing done. Two pieces for five cents.' View Item
Hot Coffee. Hot Coffee. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 3/8 x 6 in. Two men carry a bucket of coffee suspended from a stick. One man is barefoot and with patched clothes, the other holds a cup. Barefoot man: 'Heres your good hot coffee.' Other man: 'Only one cracker a cup' View Item
Biscuit bakery. Biscuit bakery. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 6 x 6 1/2 in. A baker rolls dough out onto a table at which a prisoner is seated, eating biscuits. Another prisoner stands behind the table, buying biscuits. More biscuit dough is under the table and a cooking fire is in front of the table. Seated prisoner: 'Why don't you make your biscuits larger, I can eat three plates and not have enough.' Standing prisoner: 'Mr. How many biscuits will you give me for this fat piece of meat.' Baker: 'Heres your hot biscuits, five and molasses to go with them for five cents.' View Item
[Guard challenging prisoner] [Guard challenging prisoner] Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. A prisoner stands in front of a wooden fence over which an African-American guard points a bayonetted rifle. Guard: 'Git away from dat dar fence white man or I'll make Old Abe's Gun smoke at you I can hardly hold de ball back now. De bottom rails on top now.' View Item
Going out to swallow the oath. Going out to swallow the oath. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper. 5 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. Prisoners stand and sit next to an open gate in a high wooden fence, talking each other into taking an oath of loyalty to the United States. African-American guards go through the gate. 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
Lemonade. Lemonade. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. Three men stand around a bucket full of lemonade. The middle man holds a cup, the man on the left reaches out and touches his shoulder. Man on left: 'Mr give me some of that, I'm a sick man and I think a little would do me sights of good.' Man in middle: 'I don't keep Lemonade for sick men, go to the doctor and get a dose of Oil, it 'll do you more good.' Man on right: 'Don't I wish I had five cents to buy some of that, I know its good.' View Item
Hospital & Military Prison at Point Lookout. Hospital & Military Prison at Point Lookout. Lithograph: 5 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. Map of layout of buildings at Point Lookout. View Item
Captain Barnes, Asst. Prov. Marsh. Captain Barnes, Asst. Prov. Marsh. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 5/8 x 6 3/4 in. Two prisoners approach Captain Barnes, who is in uniform and on horseback. First prisoner: 'Captain will you please and give me a pair of pants this is all I've got.' Captain: 'You must come to my office I can't attend to business on the street.' Second prisoner: 'It's no use troubling the captain you can't get anything before next Sunday.' View Item
Brig. Gen'l James Barnes and Staff, Commanding District of St. Mary's, Maryland. Headquarters Point Lookout. Brig. Gen'l James Barnes and Staff, Commanding District of St. Mary's, Maryland. Headquarters Point Lookout. Printed label: 1 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. Caption for photograph on Page 19, Title, and, from left to right, 'Lieut H.C. Strong, A.C.M.; Capt. N.P. Ives, C.S.; Capt. H.E. Goodwin, A.Q.M.; Capt. C.H. Drew, A.A.A. Gen'l; Dr. A. Heger, Med. Director; Brig. Gen. J. Barnes; Major A.G. Brady, Prov. Mar.; Dr. J.H. Thompson, P. of W.C. Hosp'l; Capt. J.W. Welch, Ord. Officer; Lieut Wilson, A.D.C.; Lieut. J.T. Cantwell, Eng'r.' View Item
Spoons and Ring Pedlers. Spoons and Ring Pedlers. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper. 5 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. A barefoot man with patched pants offers some spoons. Another man with ripped pants tries to sell some rings. The spoon peddler says, 'Heres your spoons to eat your soup! Only five crackers apeice.' The ring peddler says, 'Heres your pretty rings only fifty cents apeice.' View Item
Prison Entrance, Point Lookout Md. Prison Entrance, Point Lookout Md. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 6 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. Two African American sentinels stand guard with guns outside a large wooden door marked 'Prisoner's Camp.' Next to them is a small building labeled 'Asst. Prov. Marshal;' white soldiers stand in the doorway and sit on the porch of the building. View Item
General Order, No. 25. Head Quarters St. Mary's District, Point Lookout, Md., May 24, 1864, p. [2]. General Order, No. 25. Head Quarters St. Mary's District, Point Lookout, Md., May 24, 1864, p. [2]. Printed general order: 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. Printed general order from the Head Quarters St. Mary's District, May 24, 1864, instructing Sentinels at Point Lookout to be vigilant about guarding prisoners. By command of Col. A.G. Draper, and signed by G.L. Kibby in ink on p. [2]. View Item
A sentinel accidently [sic] shot by his companion. A sentinel accidently [sic] shot by his companion. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 6 x 6 5/8 in. An African American guard lies on the ground outside of a tent bleeding while another guard bends over him. The fallen guard's rifle is beside him. Three prisoners look on. First prisoner: 'Whats the matter' Second prisoner: 'Who kill'd him' Guard: 'Git up Abram and don't act possum, here comes Corp'ral Jim but I knows you don't beleive me you think I'se fooling you. Git up Abram and don't make a fool of yourself, don't you see de white folk's laughing at you - for de Lord I believe's the nigger dead for sartain.' View Item
General Order, No. 25. Head Quarters St. Mary's District, Point Lookout, Md., May 24, 1864, p. [1]. General Order, No. 25. Head Quarters St. Mary's District, Point Lookout, Md., May 24, 1864, p. [1]. Printed general order: 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. Printed general order from the Head Quarters St. Mary's District, May 24, 1864, instructing Sentinels at Point Lookout to be vigilant about guarding prisoners. By command of Col. A.G. Draper, and signed by G.L. Kibby in ink on p. [2]. View Item
Crabs. Crabs. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. A man, smoking a pipe, squats behind a row of crabs. A prisoner picks up one crab. Prisoner: 'Mr. I'll give you a big chew tobacco for this fellow.' Peddler: 'Go to the devil with your tobacco. I sell my crabs for money ten for five cents.' View Item
A Federel [sic] Officer buying fans. A Federel [sic] Officer buying fans. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. A Union officer, [possibly Dr. A. Heger] holding a fan, asks a prisoner, holding two fans, their price. Officer: 'Well Johnny Reb whats the price of fans.' Prisoner: 'Forty cents a peice, or three for one dollar.' View Item
Beer Stand. Beer Stand. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. Two men sit at a table drinking beer, poured by a peddler, and eating small cakes. Another man with ripped clothes and bare feet stands next to the table. Standing man: 'Here I am, out at the elbows, out at the knees, out of shoes and socks and out of Pockets, plenty of Greybacks, no Greenbacks, and not a friend in the Pen or at the North.' First seated man: 'Mr. is your beer sharp.' Second seated man: 'Hurry up and pour me out a cup of your corn beer.' Peddler: 'Yes sharp and sweet and one cake and cup of beer for five cents.' View Item
Engine made and invented by a prisoner, whilst confined at this prison. Engine made and invented by a prisoner, whilst confined at this prison. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 7/8 x 6 in. A man stands next to a steam engine, which involves steam from a pot on a stove powering a wheel. View Item
On a cold night in January. On a cold night in January. Drawing: Graphite, ink and watercolor on paper; 5 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. An African American guard stands outside a tent holding a pistol, while two barefoot prisoners, one wearing only a shirt, stand huddled in front of him. Another prisoner watches from inside the tent. Guard: 'You little Reb wid de red shirt double quick into line or I'll pop a cap at you.' First prisoner: 'Oh I'm nearly broke down.' Second prisoner (with red shirt):'Oh me! I'm nearly froze.' View Item
[Letter from three prisoners at Point Lookout to President Johnson] [Letter from three prisoners at Point Lookout to President Johnson] Manuscript: Ink on paper; 8 x 9 3/4 in. Letter dated June 1, 1865 from O.L. Crews, J.W. Wood and W.J. Tinsley, prisoners at Point Lookout, to President Andrew Johnson, asking for a release from imprisonment. View Item