Henry Morton Stanley, a member of the Sixth Arkansas, was captured at the Battle of Shiloh and enlisted in the Union army while imprisoned at Camp Douglas. Nov. 1862-Apr. Camp Dennison, Ohio Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Mo. from the 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment,
15, July 1863-Apr. the resulting infux of prisoners, so later that summer, the War Department authorized a prisoner of war camp at Rock Island, Illinois. 5 No. 1865 125 A.R. It contained eighty-four barracks that held 10,080 prisoners. While Rock Island was initially established as an arsenal for the Union Army in 1862, it became a prison barracks the following year when Captain Charles A. Reynolds, under the orders of. In early 1864, a few barracks in the southwest corner of the prison were turned into the hospital barracks. The volumes are broken into distinct sections which aid in your search. : 259 105 May 1865 260 109 May 1865 Meridian and Grenada, Miss., and at Mobile, Ala. 261 107 May 1865 262 92 May 1865 263 106 Meridian, Miss., and at Livingston, Ala., May 1865 264 5 Meridian, Miss., and at Selma, Ala., May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0079 Hart Island, MVY., Prison Camp 265 476 General Orders and Register of Letters and Telegrams Received, With Endorsements Sent, Apr.-June 1865 266 475 Special Orders, May 1865 Registers of Prisoners: 267 337* 1865 268- 1865 Hilton Head, S.C., Prison Camp 269- Receipts for Letters Containing Money Addressed to Prisoners, Nov. 1864-Apr. Helping you find your way to Genealogy information. 1862, [ digital copy ] Reel 0099 Camp Morton, Ind., Military Prison Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners;323 124 Dec. 1863-Dec. 1864 324 125 Dec. 1864-Sept. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0100 Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners; 325 G.R. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0112 Point Lookout, Md., Military Prison Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners:353 246 Nov. 1864 -Sept. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0113 General Registers of Prisoners:354 G.R.1(pt. Some FamilySearch centers and affiliate libraries maintain collections of previously loaned microfilms or microfiche. 49 Register of Prisoners in Various Prison Divisions Released or Returned to Confederate Barracks, L861j-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0047 161-Register of Prisoners From Various Squads, 1864-65 162-Register of Officers, Enlisted Men, Blockade Runners, and Political Prisoners Received for Confinement, Apr.-July 1863 163-Register of Prisoners in the Prison Hospital, Mar.
Entire regiments were formed from these prisoners and saw action on the western frontier against Native Americans. Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M2072, 1 roll); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M918, 1 roll); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Register of departures of prisoners from Andersonville, Register of admittances to the prison hospital (original and copy), Register of prisoners confined at the prison hospital, Register of prisoners deaths and burials (original and copy), Lists of prisoners claiming reimbursement for money taken from them by Confederate authorities, Consolidated monthly strength reports of prisoners (original and copy), Series of provision returns of the prison hospital, Name index to the original hospital register of admittances, Partial name index to one of the burial lists, Registers of prisoners applications for release and decisions, Descriptive lists of prisoners and deserters, Register of prisoners ordered to be released, Register of applications made for release of prisoners, Register of unclaimed money and valuables belonging to prisoners, Register of the effects of deceased prisoners, Permits granted by the Commissary General of Prisoners for clothing for the prisoners, Numeric report of prisoners received, transferred, paroled, released, and deceased, Register of Confederate and Federal soldiers and civilians sentenced, Register of prisoners discharged and released, Register of prisoners transferred and escaped. 1862- July 1865 Morning Reports of Prisoners: 167 A.R. 1 and 2, 1862-63 List of Persons Employed in the Hospital, Aug. 10, 1862 List of Names and Sums of Money, [1863] Reports of the Number of Prisoners and Attendants, [n.d.] Roll Call Books for Prisons Nos. . Yet, even though the new camp was not ready, 5,000 Confederate prisoners were delivered there in December 1863, when the temperature was 32 degrees below zero. Looking East
27, 1865 140 A.R. Small-scale engagements broke out across the state throughout the war, often leading to the capture of a handful of troops at a time. The prisoners were immediately beset by a smallpox epidemic that sickened thousands and killed more than 600 within 3 months. 25 Name Index to Letters Sent, 1864 217 A.R. 20;58 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts and Name Index, 1863-64, [ digital copy ] Reel 0063 211-Name Index to Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, 1864 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 212 A.R. David Sesser Henderson State University Last updated: April 11, 2022 26;400 No. The enlisted men captured at Island 10 were sent to both Camp Butler and Camp Chase in Ohio, while the officers captured at Island 10 were held at Johnsons Island, Ohio. 8, Apr. Of those housed here, about 2,000 died from deprivation, smallpox, pneumonia, and other medical ailments at an average of about 4 per day for the 572 days the prison was in operation. 1965 Diary of Lafayette Rogan, C.S.A. 15 Lists of Confined and of Escaped Prisoners, 1862-65 Monthly Returns of Camp and Garrison Equipage, Nov. 1864- Jan. 1865 Coal and Wood Accounts, Nov. 1864- Mar. 249.6 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL PRISONER-OF-WAR MILITARY PRISONS AND PRISON CAMPS 1862-65 .
Each barrack would have 60 double bunks and would house 120 prisoners. 3;487 Jan. -Apr. Text is available under the Creative Commons . Susan Lancaster Actress,
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