| Title |
Entrance to Jefferson Davis casemate, Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, circa 1951-1970
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| Description |
Entrance to Jefferson Davis casemate, Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, circa 1951-1970. Caption reads: "Jefferson Davis casemate, Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia. Entrance to the chamber (casemate) in south wall of Fort where Jefferson Davis was imprisoned in May 1865. Later the Confederate president was removed to Carroll Hall in the northwest bastion of the Fort on recommendation of Dr. John J. Craven, Chief Medical Officer, Fort Monroe." Postcard number: 60143.
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| Extent |
2 images; Postcard; color |
| Date |
1951/1970 |
| Creator |
Miller, Walter H.
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| Location |
West Nyack; New York; United States; Old Point Comfort; Williamsburg; North America; Virginia |
| Subject(s) |
Prisons; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Postcards; Doors & doorways; Fort Monroe (Va.); Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Forts & fortifications |
| Citation |
Institute of American Deltiology Postcard Collection |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/13629
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| Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#CNE
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| Terms of Use |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries.
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