![Sketches of Life in a Union POW Camp, by a Confederate Prisoner](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tpFS5HvtwtaaYGVSF6iPeiwlghoVspjOkN4UWt-4DwKqz_gXMqlcNgldRUfXagpyfEMVkkv2rPN2VP2snrrapgseyqOimfzBSgKl96lz6qYFjjgmHUIx92Ja9PbwqcaaSTES1T3O8Kja3BDmmP42wlrL93PGe28P9urp8usHZUVSgGtPhQAb22hqif=s0-d)
These sketches were made by Confederate prisoner Jacob Omenhausser at Point Lookout, Maryland, in 1864. The New-York Historical Society has digitized the artwork, which was preserved in the personal papers of Brigadier General James Barnes, the Union commander in charge of the district that contained Point Lookout.
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