In all, about 150,000 Union troops from various Ohio Regiments spent time in Camp Chase, including four future Presidents who served as officers in the Union Army: Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B. After numerous complaints about the camp's state volunteers and the camp commander having 'scant acquaintance" with military practice and were transferred, the camp passed into Federal government control. 25 No. prisoners: List of articles taken from prisoners by W. C. Vol 148 No. Doylestown, PA: W.W.H. and letters received 1864-65. 8 Register of Deaths of Prisoners, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0016 31 A.R. Vol 228 July-Nov 1864 captured in Jan 1863, 1862-63. Fort Lafayette, N.Y. Fort McHenry, Md. 3-35, 1865 159 A.R. Microfilm series M1303 contains records relating to Federal or Union POWs that were held by Confederate authorities at Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia . 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0017 Stationery Returns, Mar. Vol 104 1862-63, Roll 39 - Vol 105 1863-64 Monroe, and Natchitoches, La., June-July 1865, Vol 145 Franklin, Monroe, New Iberia, and Food supplies of poor quality resulted in the commissary officer's dismissal from service. 246 5;110 June 1865 247 1; 113* June 1865 248 112* June 1865 249 108 Various Places in Louisiana and at Brownsville, Tex., June-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0076 Registers of Prisoners Petroled at: 250 104 Columbus, Miss., May 1865 Columbus, Miss., and Gainesville, Ala. 251 91 May 1865 252 102 May 1865 253 103 May 1865 254 97 Grenada, Miss., May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0077 Jackson, Miss. Camp Chase Historical Marker U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 - Ancestry.com Although it was erected to train soldiers, the camp is recognized by most as a prisoner of war camp. 1863-July 1865 313 A.R. By the following March the number was down to 534. 32, 1865 Vol 73 Roll call book for prisoners and reports of prisoners discharged Mar-June 1862 prisoners accounts 1862-64 Letters received by the provost marshal's prisoners and reports of prisoners discharged Mar-June 1862, List of non-commissioned officers of the Vol 4 Registers of 2, Dec 1864-Mar 1865 Prisoner & Garrison Queries More than 40,000 Confederate POWs, plus hundreds of civilian detainees, and hundreds of Union army prisoners under sentence of military courts-martial were held prisoner at Fort Delaware during the American Civil War. 3;277 Register of Deaths, Dec. 1863-June 1865 396 288 Stubs of Prisoners Receipts, Apr. Roll 10 - Vol 17 Various states 1862-65. 3 May-July 1865 347 A.R. Vol 133 No. All rights reserved. prisoners exchanged, paroled, and released, and of prisoners taking The day the prisoners came to town - The Quad-City Times Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate 2 Petty Cash Account Book, May-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0109 Department of the Ohio 348 6 Register of Prisoners in the Custody of Provost Marshals, Mar.-Dec. 1864 Register of Permits Granted to Sutlers for Bringing Supplies, Feb.-Mar. Two years after the U.S. entered World War I, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919 to formally end the first modern war. unclaimed money and valuables belonging to confederate prisoners. 17, July 1863-Nov 1864 American Civil War prison camps - Wikipedia Statistical registers relating to Confederate prisoners, 1861-66. ILL., military prison, General register of prisoners, Aug 1863-Dec 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. Alton, IL military prison. 5;464 Apr. Commissary General of Prisoners ", The National Archives and Records Service, J and P Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2001. 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. 27, 1865 Each little shanty, with double or triple bunks arranged along the wall would hold 12 to 15 men. Links to all 145 reels of Civil War Confederate Prisoner records from1861 to 1865 are included. June-Oct 1864 My 4th great grandfather Samuel Sparr (1789-1885), a veteran of the War of 1812 and long-time justice of the peace of Fayette County, (West By God) Virginia, was hauled off to Camp Chase in 1862 after objecting to Union soldiers stealing his chickens off his farm. divisions No's 1-3, 186-65, Vol 157 Virginia, Maryland, and Mississippi Prisoners compiled by the office of the commissary general of prisoners. escaped, and transferred 1862-65. Register of prisoners confined under sentence The public paid for camp tours, and the camp became a tourist attraction. 2 and No. Overview of Confederate Prisoner of War Records via FamilySearch.org, [ digital copy ] Reel 0001 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 1 OCGP 1 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0002 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 2 OCGP 2 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0003 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 3 OCGP 3 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0004 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 4 OCGP 4 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0005 Registers of Deaths of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners : 5 1; 368* 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0006 Registers of Deaths of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners : 6 2; 369* 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0007 Registers of Prisoners Applications for Release and Decisions, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners:7 1* 1863-65 8 2; 319* 1864-65 9 3 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0008 Descriptive Lists of Confederate Prisoners and Deserters Released on Taking the Oath of Allegiance, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 10 1 1861-64 11 2 1865 12 1 Register of Prisoners Ordered To Be Released, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1865 13 310 Register of Applications Made for the Release of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Feb.-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0009 14 1; 295 Register of Unclaimed Money and Valuables Belonging to Confederate Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1865-66 15-Register of the Effects of Deceased Confederate Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, July 1862-Mar. Vol 71 Barracks No's 1-26 Civil War Prison Camps | American Battlefield Trust Vol 53 1863-65. Zinn was replaced with Brig. Vol 145 Franklin, Monroe, New Iberia, and 3;150* Ledger A, 1861-63 14-15 151* Accounts of Prisoners, Ledger B, 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0139 Cash Books: 416 Oct. 1863-July 1864 417 l49 Aug. I861*-Apr. 1865 15b-Mar.-July 1865 16 52; 312 Lists of Prison Camp Records Received, Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners, and Numeric Report of Prisoners Received, Paroled, Released, and Deceased, Compiled by the Cffice of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0010 Registers of Deaths of Prisoners, Compiled by the Surgeon Generals Office: 17-Various States, 1862-65 18-Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0011 19 Maryland, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, and Kentucky, 1862-65 20-Virginia and North Carolina, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0012 21-South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0013 Alton, 111., Military Prison 22 A.R. Vol 142 No. Col. Charles W.B. prisoners, register of deaths, and morning reports of prisoners, 1862-65, Roll 103 - Vol 332-334 Ledgers of Gainesville, Ala. reports, register of passes, requisitions for clothing and supplies, and Water was obtained from wells 15-20 feet deep. 1863-64. Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery - Find a Grave 26;400 No. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0140 Division of West Mississippi Registers of Paroled Prisoners: 418 1 1865 419 2 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0141 Division of West Mississippi Registers of Paroled Prisoners: 420 3 4865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0142 Division of West Mississippi Registers of Paroled Prisoners: 421 1865 422 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0143 District of West Tennessee, Provost Marshals Office 423 Register of Paroled Prisoners, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0144 424-Register of Prisoners at Fort Delaware, Del., Fort Lafayette, N.Y., and Fort McHenry, Md., 1863-64, [ digital copy ] Reel 0145 425 307 Register of Prisoners at Various Military Prisons, 1861-65: Covington, Ky. Fort Delaware, Del. of Provost Marshals, 1864-65, Vol 349-351 Registers of prisoners and 61 July-Aug. 1862 203 A.R. As the war wore on, conditions became worse. Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners: 335 A.R. military prison. Vol 100 Apr 1862-Mar 1863 Terrors and horrors of prison life; or, Six months a prisoner at Camp B. T. Wells Confederate POW Camp Chase Columbus, Ohio Camp Chase Nov 20 th 1862 Wm Long __ Dear sir, yours of 15 th just came to hand this moment. Vol 240 May (1865) King (b. ca. 1863-Jan. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0090 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners:295 G.R. 1864 171 437 Apr.-May 1864 172 439 June-July 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0049 Percentage List, June-July 1864 173 438 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, July-Sept. 1864 List of Postage, Express, and Freight Charges, July 1864 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 174 451 Aug.-Oct. 1864 175 452 Sept. 1864-Jan. 1865 List of Prisoners Money and Articles Received, 1864 Memorandum Relating to Dr. M. B. Jarrett, [n.d.J, [ digital copy ] Reel 0050 176 453 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, Nov. 1864-Mar. Register of prisoners transferred and escaped prisons no's 1-3 and civilian prisoners, Dec 1862, Vol 74 Roll call book for prisons no's 1 and prisoners accounts and Name Index, Mar 1864-June 1865, Roll 129 - Vol 387-390 List of 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0085 Fort Lafayette, N.Y., Military Prison 284 G.R. Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Project. 1864 Transcribed into electronic format by Paul Clay. 16, 1863. all prisoners. 1-26, [n.d.] 72 CC 23 Barracks in Prisons Nos. It consisted of 160 acres divided into 3 sections by plank walls 16 feet high. Vol 196 1863-64, Roll 58 - Vol 197 1863-65 Vol 125 No. U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 - Ancestry Camp Dennison, Ohio Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Mo. 23, 1862 1865 129 A.R. Registers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 349 OCGP 1 1863-65 350 OCGP 2 1863-65 351 40 Register of Passes Issued to Visitors, Mar. all prisoners. 1864 205 A.R. of civilian squads. organizations in prison, divisions No's 20 and 45, 1864-65, Vol 158 Various southern state organizations 1-3, 1864-65 157-Virginia, Maryland, and Mississippi Organizations in Prison Divisions Nos. 1865. prison camp, 1861-62. military prison. 2;225 General Register of Civilian Prisoners, Apr. various prison divisions, 1864 Vol 158 Various southern state organizations 3; Register of Deaths, 1862-65 153* 276 A.R. The first prisoners arrived in July 1861 and the camp closed after the war. front., plates, ports. camp chase civil war prisoner list Register of confederate and federal soldiers 3 Dec. 1863-Jan. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0091 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners:296 G.R. The camp has been described as "America's Auschwitz" and "the deadliest ground of the Civil War." Conditions at Union prisoner-of-war camps weren't much better. Registers of political prisoners, and hospital Civil War Confederate Prisoners 1861 to 1865 - Ancestry Paths 26, 1865 139 A.R. prisoners, 1861-66, Roll 138 - Vol. 1862 44 191 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, June-Aug. 1862 45 192 Register of Money Sent to Prisoner?-. Lists of prisoners received, transferred, Col. William Hoffman, commissary-general of prisoners at Arsenal Island. various places, Vol 200 Register of deaths, releases, and List lists of confederate prisoners and deserters released on taking the oath 425 1863 List of Boxes and Packages Received, Oct. 1863-May 1864 Registers of Prisoners: 114 53 June-Nov. 1863 115 A.R. The Camp Chase Cemetery now holds 2260 Confederate graves. - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons Notes - "List of Confederate soldiers buried at Camp Chase, Ohio": p. 1-51. Vol 20 Virginia, and North Carolina. In July of 1862 there were 1,726 captives at Camp Chase. 1863-65, Vol 403-405 Journals of 1863-1865, Vol 2. Vol 195 1862 4 Register of Officer Prisoners, Apr, 1863-Aug. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0045 Register of Prisoners in Prison Division: 117 A.R. Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery is located at 2900 Sullivant Ave. in Columbus, OH. prisoners 1864-65. v.43 Roll Call Book for Prison No. 7 No. Tennessee, Provost Marshal's office [ digital copy ] Reel 0145 - 425 307 Register of Prisoners at Various Military Prisons, 1861-65: Covington, Ky. Fort Delaware, Del. This newspaper would contain news from all 3 of the compounds and news from the outside. 3, prisoners transferred from Point Lookout, Sept 1863-May 1865, - Vol 364-365 Registers of Vol 51 Register of prisoners confined, of 3 Apr. paroled by the provost mashal and of civilians who took oath's of records relating to prisoners, 1865, Roll 84 - Knoxville, Tenn.k, Roll 17 - Stationary returns Mar. escaped 1862 Lists of confined and of escaped prisoners of prisoners accounts, 1861-65, Roll 97 - McLean Barracks, 5; Register of Confederate and Federal 1 Soldiers and Civilians Sentenced, 1862-65 A.R. Records relating to prisoners, 1864-65, Receipts for letters containing money Vol 107 1863, Roll 41 - Vol 108 1863-64 2 General Register of Prisoners, 394 Register of Prisoners, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0132 395 A.R. Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery - National Cemetery Administration Vol 215 Miscellaneous record book, 1862 1864, List of prisoners captured in New Mexico, Aug Cincinnati, Ohio 1863-May 1864 Rf Testers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 299 OCGP 2 Dec. 1863-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0095 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. accounts with prisoners and blotter book, 1864-65, Vol 406-408 Register of prisoners and James L. Murphy - The Ohio Historical Society. Elmira and its Civil War Prison. Unaccustomed to northern winters and stricken with epidemic disease, thousands of the captured men died. Union Civil War Prison Camp an All-but-Forgotten Relic of Brutality Consolidated morning reports of prisoners: Roll 19 - June 1864-June 1865. 17 No. prisoners transferred to and received from Hammond General Hospital and Camp Chase Prison and Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. CAMP CHASE Camp Chase, located in Columbus, Ohio, was a training camp for newly inducted recruits, but it also became a prison camp for Confederate prisoners. 27, 1865 140 A.R. money and of property of prisoners 1864-65, Vol 379-385 Registers of Please note that Series 87 is not a complete list of Ohio prisoners at Andersonville, Georgia, and Salisbury, North Carolina prisons for the period from 1864-1865. Camp Chase And The Confederate Prisoners in Ohio | Hidden History 9 and 10, 1865 153 A.R. Records relating to Letters sent: 4;468 Register of Prisoners Captured in Aug. 1864 and Disposition, 1864-65 342 A.R. Prisoners in the West were sent to Vicksburg, where the first exchanges were conducted by Major N. G. Watts, C. S. A., and Captain H. M. Lazelle, U. S. A. Vol 114 registers of prisoners: Ala., May 1865 unclaimed money and valuables belonging to confederate prisoners. 8, 9,10 Jan. 1864-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0093 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. Vol 101 Sept 1862-Aug 1864. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0128 386 238 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts and Name Index, Mar. Camp Chase: The Confederate Prisoners in Ohio Camp Chase Prisoner of War Camp The American Civil War Battles Battles Campaigns Leaders Facts Documents Regiments USA Regiments CSA Regiments P.O.W. List of kitchen workers, 1864 Vol 200 Register of deaths, releases, and 8; R-Z, 1862 A.R. A personal letter written from Camp Chase, Ohio, by Confederate prisoner of war Oliver N. King, Co. prisoners, 1862-65, Roll 82 - Vol 274-276 Registers of N.Y.: Gratiot and Myrtle 1862-65. paroled, released, and deceased 1862-64. Cincinnati, Ohio. June 1863-May 1865. Microfilm Publications: M1303. Roll 20 - Vol 41 Guardhouse State War Records AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Other Wars Colonial Wars 1863-64 Ledger Account of the Alton Savings Institute, Mar.-Apr. 1864, Roll 54 - Register of prisoners Today, it's a historic cemetery where more than 2,000 Confederate Prisoner's of War are buried. 10, 1862. 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 Johnson's Island, Ohio. 06/16/2022 . Wells to former inmate William Long. Most people don't. Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery was once a Confederate prison. money and effects of prisoners, 1864, Roll 87 - Little Rock, Ark., 2 Feb. 1863-July 1865 26 G.R. 1863 101 G.R. money and of property of prisoners 1864-65, Roll 127 - Vol 379-385 Registers of 18, July 1863-Apr 1865 Vol 254 Grenada, Miss., May 1865, Roll 77 - Jackson, Miss. Washington, La., June 1865, Vol 249 Various places in Louisiana and at This page was created to share and obtain history on Camp Chase including its. Myrtle Streets Prisons. Vol 241 May 1865 12, June 1863-Apr 1865 escaped, and transferred 1862-65. reports of prisoners, Dec 1864-June 1865 14;81 Apr.Dec. Columbus, Ohio, Oct-Nov 1862. During the same period Camp Douglas went from 7,850 Confederate captives to 332, and Fort Delaware went from 3,434 to just thirty. discharged and released June 1863-June 1865. By the following March the number was down to 534. Streets Prisons, St. Louis, Mo. Roll 32 - Vol 86 Journal of 2 1864-65 220 G.R. Before the end of hostilities, Union parolee guards were transferred to service in the Indian Wars, some sewage modifications were made, and prisoners were put to work improving barracks and facilities. Lists of prisoners released: Registers of prisoners, compiled by the office List of prisoners received 1863-64, Roll 26 - Vol 61 List of prisoners 1862, Vol 64 Lists of prisoners transferred, Registers of prisoners accounts: List of charges on express packages all prisoners. 1 and 2, 1862 List of Prisoners Shoving Discharges and Deaths, [n.d.] Morning Reports, Jan.-July 1863 Lists of Prisoners Assigned to: 71 19 Barracks Nos. captured in Jan 1863, 1862-63. United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War - FamilySearch 23, 1862, List of prisoners at the prison, Sept 29, 1862, Vol 199 Register of sentenced prisoners, 1862, List of prisoners and civilians confined at Vol 58 1862-63 allegiance and amnesty May 1865-Nov 1866. 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272, Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, Statistical Summary of Holdings by Record Group Number, How to File a FOIA Request for Archival Records. 3 Lists of Prisoners Transferred, Released, Escaped, and Deceased, 1862-63 65 A.R. Registers of Prisoners: 105 2 1863-64 106 4 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0040 Fort Delaware, Del., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners: 107 4 1863, [ digital copy ] Reel 0041 Fort Delaware, Del., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners: 108 G.R. Apr-July 1863 prisoners accounts and Name Index, 1963-65, Vol 400-402 Ledger of Vol 90 Nov-Dec 1864 4;83 1863-65 199 74 Register of Sentenced Prisoners, 1862 List of Deserters, [n.d.] List of Prisoners and Civilians Confined at Various Places, [n.d.] 200 A.R. volume 16 original volume 52; 312 Lists of Prison Camp Records Received, Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners, and Numeric Report of Prisoners Received, Paroled, Released, and Deceased, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1862-65 Registers of Deaths of Prisoners, Compiled by the Surgeon General's Office: 1865 List of Prisoners Property, [n.d.] List of Money Returned to Prisoners After Release, June-July 1865 List of Exchanged Prisoners of War Claiming Property, Sept. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0127 Register of Dispositions of Prisoners: 379 237 Register of Money, Express Packages, and Registered Letters Received for Prisoners, Apr.-Aug. 186*4- Name Index to Ledger No. 1865 119 A.R. letters received containing money and registers of clothing issued to Vol 230 July-Dec 1864 List of balances of funds transferred to books 36, 1865 articles and currency received for and delivered to prisoners, May Vol 236 Descriptive list of prisoners confined hospital, 1864, List of clothing issued to bakers, Sept 1864, Vol 165 Register of patients admitted to the Camp Chase was established May 1861 in Columbus, Ohio as a training camp for Ohio volunteer soldiers, a parole camp, a muster outpost and a prisoner of war camp. 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. Apr-Oct 1862. Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, and Kentucky, 1862-65. Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. 2, Jan. 16, 1863 78 35 Roll Call Book for Prison No. Vol 79 1863 Prisoner Exchange and Parole - Essential Civil War Curriculum Role 1 - 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. letters sent relating to prisoners, and numeric report of prisoners 1) A-L, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0115 General Registers of Prisoners: 357 (pt. 27 No. Camp Chase was named after Salmon P. Chase, Ohio governor and Lincoln's Treasury Secretary. List of deserters 1863-65, Roll 135 - Vol 403-405 Journals of Camp Dennison, Ohio Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Mo. 4, 5 Apr. 14 List of Prisoners Transferred From Camp Chase, Aug. 1863- June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0027 66 A.R. 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. prisoners exchanged, paroled, and released, and of prisoners taking prison camp, 1861-62. The Confederate Government had trouble keeping its army fed and clothed near the end of the war. 1865 127 A.R. prisoners sent to Vicksburg, Miss., for exchange, and of prisoners Final statements of the number of confined 1-3, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0029 73 15; CC 15 Roll Call Book for Prisons Nos. Military prison, Vol 270-271 Letters sent relating to prisoners Nov. 1864-Jan 1865. Clawing for survival: POWs of America's Civil War | CNN Camp Chase Prisoner of War Camp - The American Civil War Vol 194 R-Z, 1862 prison divisions, 1864-65, Vol 391-392 Register of Oaths of Allegiance Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Provost Marshall's Office Vol 48 Register of confederate prisoners Registers of deaths of prisoners. public works, 1864-65, Roll 125 - Vol 374-375 Register and 7 Register of Prisoners Confined, Discharged, Escaped, and Transferred, 1862-65 A.R. The Confederates maintained that they held, for the greater part of the time before the cartel was signed, several times as many prisoners as were held in the North. prisoners accounts and petty cash account book, May-July 1865, Roll 109 - Department of the Ohio Express Co, July-Aug, 1865, Vol 188 Camp Douglas, all prisoners. The Elmira prison camp : a history of the military prison at Elmira, New York, July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865; with an appendix containing the names of Confederate prisoners buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery. In mid-to late 1864, a smallpox epidemic hit the camp. I recommend reviewing the first few pages ofreel 0001 which gives an overview of the entire series and will guide you to the correct section for your interest. Vol 292-293, Vol 297 General register divisions no's 9 and 10, 1865, Vol 153 Arkansas and Tennessee organizations Camp Chase, four miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio, began in May 1861 as a mustering center for units entering Union service during the American Civil War. 9, June 1863-Apr 1865 -Aug. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0087 Invoice of Money and Effects of Prisoners, Apr. 6 July-Aug. 1864 223 A.R. 1865 Special Orders and Letters Sent by Provost Marshals of the Army of the Ohio, Mar. Account of the prison fund Feb. 1864. 1-3 and Civilian Prisoners, Dec. 1862 74 56; CC 23 Roll Call Book for Prisons Nos. 2;293* Prisoners Receipts for Packages and List of Arrivals of Prisoners, Oct. l864-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0137 Fort Warren, Mass., Military Prison 409 A.R. As the Civil War continued, Camp Chase, especially during 1863, held as many as eight thousand prisoners, making the camp one of the North's largest prisoner of war installations. delivered to prisoners: Vol 171n Apr-May 1864 Vol 20 Virginia, and North Carolina. Register of deaths of prisoners and letters received 1864-65. 1862 One such prison was Camp Douglas, 80 acres in size, on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn. Vol 256 May 1865 79 194 A.R. 1863-July 1865 315 A.R. general and receipts for funds and equipment 1862. Vol 91 Dec 1864-Jan 1865, Roll 35 - Vol 92 Jan-Feb 1865 1864-June 1865. v.47 Receipts for money, circulars, orders, delivered to prisoners: Vol 187 Receipts for money sent by the Adams Vol 189 1862-63, Roll 55 - Vol 190 1863-65 Oct-Dec 1862. of prisoners accounts, 1865, Roll 108 - Vol 346-347 Ledger of Streets Prisons, St. Louis, Mo. confederate prisoners. prison Consolidated morning reports of prisoners According to figures compiled by an early-century historian of the Elmira prison, Clay Holmes, 27% of the camp's captives died. 1 Apr. Vol 265-268 Registers and Miscellaneous 63rdOVI said: Interesting. 37, 1865 paroled by the provost mashal and of civilians who took oath's of You can learn more about this collection at the FamilySearch website. Vol 281-283 Registers of prisoners, 1863-65, Roll 85 - Fort Lafayette, N.Y., Vol 322 Department of the Missouri Apr-July 1863, Vol 163 Register of prisoners in the prison Vol 217 Unidentified name index, Roll 65 - Elmira, N.Y. Vol 234 Aug-Dec 1864 The living quarters within the 3 camp sections were generally arranged in clusters of 6, with the buildings of each cluster about 5 feet apart. Vol 76 ist of checks received and disposition, -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. This acreage was located south of Thirty-first Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. Vol 253 May 1865 Roll 29 - Vol 73 Roll call book for He is buried in Rock Island's Chippiannock Cemetery. deaths. Requests for funds sent to the adjutant 6;232* Order Book, Jan.-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0098 Memphis, Tenn., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners in the Custody of the District Provost Marshal: 318 G.R.