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Blue Diary, Page 24, Atlanta Barracks

"The Barracks represented on the preceeding page are situate on the north side (I believe) of the main part of the city of Atlanta Ga."

It is unclear which prison Woods was held in while in Atlanta. The hospital in the top right-hand corner of his drawing appears very similar to the hospital facility that was built on the city’s fairgrounds in the southeastern quadrant of the city; however, the scarcity of records regarding Atlanta’s wartime prisons and hospitals makes it difficult to verify this location. For a map of wartime Atlanta, click here.