Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.

[ca. 1861–1865]

From "War Memories" catalog: This is a view of the infamous Libby Prison, where so many of our Union soldiers suffered and starved during the war. It would take volumes to tell the story of Libby Prison. It was an old tobacco warehouse which the Rebels converted into a prison for Union soldiers. There is not a Grand Army Post through all our land but what has among its members some comrade who knows from experience just what a "hell hole" this place was. The building has now been torn down, and if the spot where it stood could be wiped off the face of the earth, it would be well.