Confed Image???

[Moonshine]

Quite a while back someone posted an image of some Confederates taking an oath inside a building with a HUGE US flag draped across the ceiling. As I can recall there was a podium on the right with the padre or officer administering the oath. The "Johnnies" were in the facing this podium and person...

Any help would be appreciated. I'd like a copy for some research.

By the way, what theater was that image taken in and in what year???

Thanks in advance for any help...

Jim Ross

[Matthew.Rector]

This image can be found online in the collection: Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html

Title: Prisoners at Point Lookout taking the oath of allegiance
It is listed as being an albumen print.
They give a publish date of June 30, 1865.
Summary states:
A group of prisoners stand in a building, with the U.S. Flag draped across the ceiling, each with his hand on a Bible. A Union officer stands at a dias administering the oath of allegiance to the Union.
Point Lookout Album, Page 14.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?cwnyhs:2:./temp/~ammem_aOs4:

[Matthew.Rector]

Here is the attached image: