You can learn more about this collection at the FamilySearch website. U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 - Ancestry Before Federal troops took Little Rock in 1863, prisoners were held in Helena or with units in the field before they could be transported to more-secure facilities in the north or in other captured southern cities such as Memphis, Tennessee. 21;63 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0064 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 213 A.R. 1865 126 A.R. 1863-Jan. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0090 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners:295 G.R. Search For Prisoners The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System currently includes information about two Civil War prisons: Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, once a temporary home to more than 15,000 Confederate soldiers; and Andersonville prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, where more than 45,000 Union soldiers were confined. Each company of prisoners received 10 days ration evry 10 days instead of a daily ration every day. Inscription on the UDC Monument Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Camp 1863 101 G.R. During the Civil War, the federal government established a prison on Rock Island to ease the crowded conditions at other prisons in the Midwest. This book is part of the Geneanet Library. 1, [n.d.] 380 239 Register of Express Packages and Registered Letters Received for Prisoners, July l86k- June 1865 List of Prisoners Money, June 186*4 Feb. 1865 381 255 Register of the Receipt and Delivery of Express Packages for Prisoners and of Packages Received From Prisoners for Shipping by the Adams Express Co., 1865 List of Unclaimed Boxes Sent to Prisoners, Apr.-May 1865 Registers of the Receipt and Delivery of Packages to Prisoners; 382 257 Nov. 1863-Mar. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rock Island County - Register of Confederate soldiers and Sailors Who Died at Arsenal Island, Rock Island, Illinois While Prisoners of War scanned book at FamilySearch Register of Confederate Soldiers Who Died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 and Lie Buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ills., 1892 scanned book at Archive.org. 32;408 No. Prisoners of war - Civil War Family Search, View, Print Union & Confederate Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865. All Rights Reserved. Haywood County, NC 4 Register of Deaths, Jan. 1864- June 1865 Registers of Burials: 67 A.R. 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. By late 1864, conditions at the prison became even worse. The amount and type of information available for an individual will vary according to record types and forms. 64 Jan.-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0060 206 A.R. In every barrack, there was a 40-gallon cauldron was placed in each cookhouse. CIVIL WAR MILITARY PRISONS & P.O.W. CAMPS - RootsWeb Prisoners captured by Union forces in the state often found themselves at the Arkansas State Prison in Little Rock. 8, Apr. An artist's rendering shows what the Rock Island Prison Barracks looked like during the Civil War. There were 5,592 prisoners in all. 5;163 Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners, Oct. 1863-July 1864 Report of Prisoners on Hand, Feb. 1865 Report of Prisoners Sent to City Point, Va., Feb. 1865 General Registers of Prisoners: 271 G.R. 1863-June 1865 30 A.R. 1 1862-65 219 G.R. 1; 218 1862 50 326* 1862-63 51 306 Register of Prisoners Confined, of Prisoners Sent to Vicksburg, Miss., for Exchange, and of Prisoners Captured in Jan. 1863, 1862-63 52 219 Descriptive List of Prisoners, 1862-63, [ digital copy ] Reel 0022 Camp Chase, Ohio, Military Prison Registers of Prisoners: 53 OCGP 1; G.R. 6;470 Aug.-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0105 New Orleans, La. 60;440 May l863-Dec. 1864168 A.R. 17;84 Account of Checks and Packages Received for Prisoners, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0061 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 208 A.R. 10 and 11 and to Paroled Prisoners, ca. 4 1862-64 Fort Columbus, N.Y. 103 304 Register of Prisoners, Mar.-Sept. 1862, [ digital copy ] Reel 0038 Department of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn. 1 1862-64, [ digital copy ] Reel 0081 General Registers of Prisoners:272 G.R. The troops at the arsenal were escorted by the Little Rock Capital Guards to Fletchers Landing, where they remained for four days until a steamboat arrived to transport them to St. Louis, Missouri. 255 94 May 1865 256 96 May 1865 257 95 Jackson, Miss., and at Demopolis, Gainesville, and Selma, Ala., May-June 1865 258 4;90 Jackson, Miss., and at Demopolis, Gainesville, Montgomery, and Selma, Ala., June-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0078 Meridian, Miss. 80 List of Prisoners Captured in New Mexico, Aug. 1862 Final Statements of the Number of Confined Prisoners, Aug. 10 and Oct. 1, 1862 List of Prisoners Remaining After Releases and Exchanges, Sept. 10, 1862 List of Prisoners Received From Corinth, Sept. 23, 1862 List of Prisoners at the Prison, Sept. 29, 1862, [ digital copy ] Reel 0057 Registers of Prisoners : 195 329 1862 196 A.R. -Sept. 1864 404- Sept. 1864- July 1865 1*05 269* Memoranda and Blotter Book Relating to Accounts of Prisoners, Jan. l861*-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0136 Ship Island, Miss. Learn More--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A Discover Our Shared 9, June 1863-Apr. Andersonville prison, with . 2, Jan. 16, 1863 78 35 Roll Call Book for Prison No. Captain James Totten, opposed by volunteer militia companies from across the state and without orders from his superiors in Washington DC, surrendered the arsenal on February 8, 1861, to prevent bloodshed in the streets of Little Rock (Pulaski County). In 1864, with the population increasing, the daily rations began to suffer and get smaller. Nov. 1862-Apr. 3 Dec. 1863-Jan. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0091 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners:296 G.R. Join the community of family history enthusiasts and FamilySearch employees to ask questions and discuss potential product enhancements. The remainingprisoners were released on parole throughout May, June, and July. 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. Register of prisoners transferred and escaped June 1863-May 1865. The prisoners cooked their own food. 7;165* Receipt Stubs for Prisoners Money, July 1865 279 A.R. He was a member of Company A, 24th Alabama Infantry Regiment. 1865 124 A.R. Union & Confederate Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, The Battle of Lookout Mountain/Chattanooga. Many thanks to Sandy, Doug, D. John Trull, 1864-Feb. 1865 33 A.R. Civil War Confederate Prisoners 1861 to 1865 - Ancestry Paths for a death rate of 10% a month, more than any other Civil War prison in any 1-month period. Some of the units captured at Port Hudson had been previously captured at Island No. Originally constructed in 1771 by the British, the fort has had a long and distinguished history, active . 425 1863 List of Boxes and Packages Received, Oct. 1863-May 1864 Registers of Prisoners: 114 53 June-Nov. 1863 115 A.R. 1863 Reports of the Number of Prisoners Present, 1862 List of Clothing Issued, 1862 Regulations and Reports, Mar.- Apr. The fence surrounding the prison was to be 12-feet high with a boarded walkway along the outside, 4-feet from the top, with guard boxes spaced out every 100 feet. First Name: State: Confederate Prisoners at Union Prison Camps Galvanized Yankees "Galvanized Yankees" were Confederate Prisoners of War who gained their release from prison by enlisting in the Union Army. 2 Apr. Sources. 1 (Dec. 1956), Vital records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Life of Venerable Mary of the Incarnation, Ursulaie Religious and foundress of the Monastery of Quebec, Canada, A gazetteer of Massachusetts, containing descriptions of all the counties, towns and districts in the commonwealth, also, of its principal mountains, rivers, capes, bays, harbors, islands, and fashionable resorts. From Eastern Illinois University 4;156 General Register of Prisoners, Oct. 1863-July 1865 308 2 Register of Prisoners, [n.d.] 309 5; 155* Register of Prisoners Transferred to Fort Delaware, Del., July 1863 310 A.R. 1865 337 A.R. Federal troops captured at Marks Mills and other battles in Arkansas after the fall of Little Rock were often taken to Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas. Double-gate sally ports were built on the east and west ends of the prison and were the only openings into the prison. 1865 120 A.R. 18; 69 1862 209 A.R. 1864-May 1865 Prisoners Statements Giving Other Persons the Power to Receive Their Letters, Money, and Packages, 1864-65 98 35 Unidentified Name Index, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0037 Cincinnati, Ohio 37 General Registers of Prisoners: 99 G.R. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. 14 List of Prisoners Transferred From Camp Chase, Aug. 1863- June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0027 66 A.R. 5; Register of Confederate and Federal 1 Soldiers and Civilians Sentenced, 1862-65 A.R. The 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment was surrendered by their Large numbers of Federal troops were captured during the Camden Expedition, especially during the fighting at Poison Spring and Marks Mills. 61 July-Aug. 1862 203 A.R. Seven Confederate Knights-Chapter 2625- 10 1862-63 59 27 Mar.-June 1862 Report of Lieutenant Colonel Hunter in Charge of Transferring a Party of Prisoners to Sandusky, Ohio, Apr. The prison was opened in November 1863. 1 Nov. 1862-July 1863 293 G.R. 1862-Mar. There were 6 rows of 14 barracks, built 30-feet apart, facing 100-foot wide streets. It contained eighty-four barracks that held 10,080 prisoners. 12 Letters Sent, Feb. l862-Jan. 1864 23 185 Letters Received, and Orders Received and Issued, Oct. 1862- Nov. 1864 General Registers of Prisoners: 24 G.R. . Sons of Confederate Veterans. Their Compiled Service Records are held at the National Archives and are now available online at Fold3. The newly added fields may include admission or entry date, name of prison or hospital, location of prison or hospital, date and place of capture, rank, regiment, company and state, date of death, exchange, parole, or release, and location of grave. Honor or memorial gifts are an everlasting way to pay tribute to someone who has touched your life. Water was supplied by a steam-pump, which drew water from the river nearby. The officers were eventually exchanged as well, but the regiments were reorganized, often with new officers. These troops were sent to Alton, Illinois, where they were held in a former prison. A kitchen was built into each barracks. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0097 McLean Barracks, Cincinnati, Ohio 311 G.R. Their bodies A List of Confederate Citizen Prisoners Held at the United States Military Prison at Little Rock, Arkansas. Pulaski County Historical Review 36 (Winter 1988): 8292. Fitting comment by General Stonewall Jackson, Deaths of Prisoners of War Confederate Prisoners of War ~ 1861 ~ 1865 - AHGP from the 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Monthly return of Camp and Garrison equipage, Nov. 1864-Jan 1865. Helping you find your way to Genealogy information. 1864-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0111 Point Lookout, Md., Military Prison Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners: 352 245 Feb. 1864-Mar. Search is free but access to the books is reserved for Premium members. 1865 122 A.R. 1865 Registers of Dispositions of Prisoners: 365 5 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0122 Registers of Dispositions of Prisoners: 366 6 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0123 Registers of Dispositions of Prisoners: 36? Other historical sites in the area include the Confederate Cemetery, the Rock Island . Jr., 4 Dec. 1864-May 1865 321 G.R. 3;277 Register of Deaths, Dec. 1863-June 1865 396 288 Stubs of Prisoners Receipts, Apr. Also, some "pesthouses" were built to house prisoners who got smallpox. 4;463 Jan. -Apr. : 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. 20 and 45, 1864-65 158 A.R. The prison had a "dead-line" inside the . 14 Oct. 1863-May 1865 304 A.R. 1 General Register of Prisoners, Apr. Federal commanders tasked with providing for these prisoners struggled to offer adequate medical care, and many died from smallpox. Records contained in this series include: Microfilm series M598 contains records relating to Confederate POWs that were held by Federal authorities at various prisons and stations from 1861 to 1865 (with a few records from 1866). Many men did not return to duty and instead returned home after receiving their parole. 1865 130 A.R. 19;420 No. 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. Civil War prison camps were notoriously filthy and disease-ridden camps, warehouses, forts and prisons that held an estimated 400,000 captured Civil War soldiers, as well as spies and political prisoners, during the war.
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