Relics of Andersonville Prison. Dimensions: Image:22.1 x 18.9cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/16in.)Mount: 13 9/16 × 10 9/16 in. (34.5 × 26.9 cm). Photography Studio: Brady & Co. (American, active 1840s-1880s). Date: June 1866.Clara Barton, the first president of the American Red Cross, began her philanthropic career by distributing supplies for the relief of wounded soldiers during the Civil War. At its close, she organized the first bureau of records in Washington, D.C., to aid in the search for missing men. In connection with this work, Barton identified and marked the graves of more than 12,000 soldiers in the National Cemetery at Andersonville, Georgia. The site of the most notorious Confederate prison, Andersonville was one of the most deadly places in the war. Of the more than 40,000 Union soldiers imprisoned, 13,000 died of starvation and disease-a ratio of one in three.To support her effort for proper burial of the Andersonville dead, and to raise money for veteran relief in general, Bart

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Relics of Andersonville Prison. Dimensions: Image:22.1 x 18.9cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/16in.)Mount: 13 9/16 × 10 9/16 in. (34.5 × 26.9 cm). Photography Studio: Brady & Co. (American, active 1840s-1880s). Date: June 1866.Clara Barton, the first president of the American Red Cross, began her philanthropic career by distributing supplies for the relief of wounded soldiers during the Civil War. At its close, she organized the first bureau of records in Washington, D.C., to aid in the search for missing men. In connection with this work, Barton identified and marked the graves of more than 12,000 soldiers in the National Cemetery at Andersonville, Georgia. The site of the most notorious Confederate prison, Andersonville was one of the most deadly places in the war. Of the more than 40,000 Union soldiers imprisoned, 13,000 died of starvation and disease-a ratio of one in three.To support her effort for proper burial of the Andersonville dead, and to raise money for veteran relief in general, Bart

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