1862 Lists of Prisoners Released: 62 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. Here are 20 facts about that dark period in the city's history to mark its 150th anniversary this month: . RR# 918 NARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov Confederate Navy Prisoners of War ___M260, Records Relating to Confederate Naval and Marine Personnel. In 1862, the island was converted into an Union arsenal. 17 No. 8 Register of Deaths of Prisoners, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0016 31 A.R. 1865 119 A.R. You can learn more about this collection at the FamilySearch website. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1964. Prisoners often attempted to escape once captured. Alton Prison, Illinois POWs by surname Eventually, an exchange system was put into place but collapsed in 1863 when the Confederate government refused to exchange captured African-American troops. 19;65 1863, [ digital copy ] Reel 0062 210 A.R. 2* 1863-64, [ digital copy ] Reel 0058 Registers of Prisoners : 197 A.R. General Grant and Union officials felt that released Confederate prisoners would return to the battlefield, thus prolonging the war. DP. The first guard force for Rock Island was the 4th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps. 1865 95 24 Apr.-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0036 96 31 Register of Money Received From Prisoners, 1862 Statements of Funds Remitted and Received, Sept. 1862 List of Volunteers Reporting at the Post, Nov. 1862 97 14 Register of Receipt of Articles Delivered to Prisoners, Mar. 1862 44 191 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, June-Aug. 1862 45 192 Register of Money Sent to Prisoner?-. Additional support provided by the Arkansas Community Foundation. Also, some "pesthouses" were built to house prisoners who got smallpox. Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Camp 1863, [ digital copy ] Reel 0025 Descriptive Lists of Prisoners: 58 A.R. 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. - present, Haywood Co., NC. Many men did not return to duty and instead returned home after receiving their parole. Rock Island Barracks (1863-1865) - A U.S. Army prisoner-of-war (POW) camp established in 1863 during the U.S. Civil War on Rock Island in Rock Island County, Illinois. Arkansas was the site of more than 700 military engagements during the Civil War. 10;393 No. 4, 5 Apr. 6, 7 Jan. 1864-Jan. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0092 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners:297 G.R. These records are arranged in three sections: (1) records of POWs and political prisoners with no specific prison or place of confinement, (2) records of individual prisons and stations, and (3) records of several prisons. The Battle of Helena marked another large capture of Confederate troops in the state, with 1,100 men taken prisoner after the battle. It was described by their builder as "put up in the roughest and cheapest manner, mere shanties, with no fine work about them." . Confederate States of America This highly desirable piece of American history and the Civil War will be available in Rock Island Auction Company's Aug. 26-28 Premier Auction. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0128 386 238 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts and Name Index, Mar. 24 Unidentified Name Index, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0065 Eljnira, N.Y. General Registers of Prisoners: 218 G.R. 10;66 Memoranda Book, 1862 215 A.R.23;71 Miscellaneous Record Book, 1862: List of Stolen Articles, June 1862 List of Articles Taken From Prisoners in the Search of Their Quarters, June 1862 Letters Received by the Provost Marshals Office, June-Aug. 1862 Lists of Packages Received for and Delivered to Prisoners, July-Sept. 1862 List of Kitchen Equipment, 1862 List of White Oak Guards, 1862 List of Passes Issued, 1862 216 A.R. 4 Register of Deaths of Prisoners, July 1864-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0068 Morning Reports of Military and Political Prisoners: 225 126 July-Dec. 1864 226 127 Jan.-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0069 Registers of Prisoners Money Received: 227 135 July 1864-June 1865 228 134 July-Nov. 1864 229 133 Register of the Disposition of Prisoners Possessions, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0070 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 230 137* July-Dec. 1864 231 138 Aug.-Nov. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0071 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 232 139 1864-65 233 136* Blotter to Ledgers, 1864-65 Check Stubs, FJrst National Bank of Elmra, N.Y.: 234 131 Aug.-Dec. 1864 235 132 Dec. 1864-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0072 Gratiot and Myrtle Streets Prisons, St. Louis, Mo. 1938 Helping you find your way to Genealogy information. 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. The prison was opened in November 1863. 14;81 Apr.Dec. 2 1862-65 Registers of Prisoners: 273 300 1862-63, [ digital copy ] Reel 0082 Registers of Prisoners: 274 1 1862-65 275 A.R. 3, ca. These troops were not captured by Confederates, as Arkansas had not yet left the Union, but rather by pro-secession volunteers, many of whom later did join the Confederate army. from: 545th Military Police The artist, John F. Gisch, was a Confederate prisoner of war at Rock Island Prison Barracks. Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners: 335 A.R. Rock Island Arsenal; S. Salisbury National Cemetery This page was last edited on 25 April 2023, at 10:56 (UTC). 2 Apr. 1865 125 A.R. 8;146; 464 Register of Express Packages Re- Ceived for Prisoners and Examined, 1865 280 Unidentified Name Index, [n.d.J, [ digital copy ] Reel 0084 Khoxville, Term. 8 No. Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1303, 6 rolls); Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M598, 145 rolls); The officers were eventually exchanged as well, but the regiments were reorganized, often with new officers. Part of Rock Island Military Reservation. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. and Captain Julius Welch Camp 229- Officers were typically held longer than enlisted men but were often eventually released. Links to all 145 reels of Civil War Confederate Prisoner records from1861 to 1865 are included. 21;63 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0064 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 213 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. 1863 100 G.R. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1963. The Rock Island Civil War Prison Special | 28m 2s | Video has closed captioning. 14 List of Prisoners Transferred From Camp Chase, Aug. 1863- June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0027 66 A.R. He later also served in the Union navy. -May 1865 Accounts of Money and Effects of Prisoners: 285 A.R. 8; R-Z, 1862 A.R. Two officers of the Eighteenth Arkansas Infantry jumped into the Mississippi River as they were being transported north after being captured at Port Hudson in the summer of 1863. In 1864, with the population increasing, the daily rations began to suffer and get smaller. 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. 2) L-Z, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0114 General Registers of Prisoners: 356 G.R.2(Pt. Sons of Confederate Veterans This database contains an index of compiled military service records for volunteer Union soldiers who served with units organized in more than 20 states and territories, including states in the Confederacy. list), Official Records of the "War of The first troops captured in Arkansas were members of Battery F, Second United States Artillery, in addition to other men stationed at the Little Rock Arsenal. Other historical sites in the area include the Confederate Cemetery, the Rock Island . Perhaps because of the smallpox outbreak and its attendant publicity, conditions improved, with laundries, sewers, and a large hospital being built. Federal commanders tasked with providing for these prisoners struggled to offer adequate medical care, and many died from smallpox. . Attention: This site does not support the current version of your web browser. 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. Registers of Prisoners: 281 A.R. 1-9, [n.d.] 389 249 Prison Divisions Nos. 1865 List of Money Belonging to Officer Prisoners, [n.d.] List of Balances of Funds Transferred to Books J and P, [n.d.] Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts:177 455 Apr.-June 1865 178 456 June-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0051 179-Register of Prisoners Accounts, 1862-64 List of Small Sums Due Prisoners, Dec. 1863-May 1864 List of Expenses for Stamps and Stationery, July-Nov. 1862 180 Register of Prisoners Accounts, June-Oct. 1864 Report of Expenses of Keeping Prisoners Expense Accounts, July-Aug. 1864 Registers of Prisoners Accounts: 181 440 June 1864-Feb. 1865 182 June 1864-June 1865 183 441 Feb.-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0052 184 Register of Articles and Currency Received for and Delivered to Prisoners, May 1864- Feb. 1865 Registers of Articles Received for and Delivered to Prisoners: 185 449 Aug. 1864-Feb. 1865 186 450 Feb.-July 1865 187 Receipts for Money Sent by the Adams Express Co., July-Aug. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0053 Camp Douglas, 111., Military Prison 188 G.R. [ 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 There is a James T. Reeves, on page 14318, who was the fifth prisoner recorded in the Re index section. Page headings include the following information: company & regiment, where captured, state, date of capture, when confined, when released. Many thanks to Sandy, Doug, D. John Trull, The site on the island for the prison was at the center of the north side. 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. Search, View, Print Union & Confederate Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865. 22, 1865 135 A.R. 5, Dec. 1864-Mar. Union & Confederate Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, The Battle of Lookout Mountain/Chattanooga. 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. At Jenkins Ferry, a number of Confederate soldiers were reportedly mutilated by Federal forces after being captured. 378 Register of Officer Prisoners in Various Prison Divisions, 1864 160 A.R. Prisoners held in Little Rock were allowed to take the oath and released. 18; 69 1862 209 A.R. There was no hospital. Abandoned in 1865. Give a donation in someones name to mark a special occasion, honor a friend or colleague or remember a beloved family member. Rations were issued in bulk at the prison. Rebellion", National Battlefields and Monuments Marker 5;464 Apr. MD Rock Island Arsenal in Rock Island, IL. Fitting comment by General Stonewall Jackson, Deaths of Prisoners of War 2;225 General Register of Civilian Prisoners, Apr. The planned capacity of the prison was to be 10,080 prisoners. The prison had a "dead-line" inside the prison compound. 16 No. Prisoner laborers were paid between 5 cents for for laborers and 10 cents for mechanics, per day, allowing them to buy food, and packages from home supplemented their clothing allowance. Over the following twenty months the camp housed over 12,000 prisoners of war from the South of whom almost 2,000 would perish there. 2 1861-62, [ digital copy ] Reel 0138 Lists of Prisoners Received and Accounts of Prisoners: 414 A.R. 10; 171 Register of Prisoners Discharged and Released, June 1863- June 1865 32 A.R. Voices of the Civil War. 406 360* Register of Prisoners, 1864-65 407 A.R. Some FamilySearch centers and affiliate libraries maintain collections of previously loaned microfilms or microfiche. 25 No. 1865 337 A.R. Each barrack was to be 100-feet long, 22-feet widw, and 12-feet high wit 12 windows, 2 doors, and 2 roof ventilators. 4 Register of Deaths, Jan. 1864- June 1865 Registers of Burials: 67 A.R. 1854, 1855, 1856 Nebraska Territory censuses, Memorials of Gilbert Haven, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Cowan clan united - V. 6, No. 3, July 1863-Apr. Guardhouses were built outside of the fence at each gate. 10 in April. At the west end of the barrack was a kitchen or cookhouse that was 18-feet long. 1864 288 A,R. Pre-European Exploration, Prehistory through 1540, European Exploration and Settlement, 1541 through 1802, Louisiana Purchase through Early Statehood, 1803 through 1860, Civil War through Reconstruction, 1861 through 1874, Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age, 1875 through 1900, Early Twentieth Century, 1901 through 1940, World War II through the Faubus Era, 1941 through 1967, Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform, 19682022, Civil War through Reconstruction (1861 - 1874). 5 Register of Officer Prisoners, Oct. 1864-Apr. 9 Register of Deaths, Releases, and Exchanges, Jan. -June 1865 201 A.R. Captain Julius Welch Camp 229 12 May 1863-June 1864 302 A.R. A small marsh formed at the southwest corner of the prison because of poor drainage. Rebels at Rock Island: The Story of a Civil War Prison. 1865 130 A.R. 25, 1865 138 A.R. The Rock Island Barracks held Confederate prisoners from December 1863 until July 1865. Many of the African-American troops at Poison Spring were not treated as prisoners of war by the Confederates but were executed after the battle. 7 rolls. Each company of prisoners received 10 days ration evry 10 days instead of a daily ration every day. 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. 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. 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. To browse this image set, select from the options below. 381 Arkansas and Tennessee Organizations in Prison Divisions Nos. 27 Jul 2020: Fields that were not previously keyed, were keyed and added to the collection. 3 Descriptive List of Prisoners, in the Custody of the District Provost Marshal, Who Took Oaths of Amnesty or Allegiance, Mar. 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. for a death rate of 10% a month, more than any other Civil War prison in any 1-month period. Hesseltine, William. 1865 126 A.R. 3;462* Sept. 1863-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0086 Accounts of Money and Effects of Prisoners: 287 A.R. By late summer of 1862, the camp held nearly 9,000 prisoners, and the prison conditions deteriorated. 18, July 1863-Apr. 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. Research of: D. John Trull Jr. 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. 1 Apr. 16, July 1863-Mar. The Sultana carried around 2,400 former Union prisoners of war up the Mississippi River in April 1865. This database contains records relating to Civil War Prisoners of War (POW). 1865 307 G.R. 60;440 May l863-Dec. 1864168 A.R. Additional support provided by the Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor Foundation Inc. 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. 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. 2 July 1863-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0089 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners: 294 G.R. The first prisoners, taken at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, arrived from Chattanooga in December 1863. Williams, Charles. What remains of it on Arsenal Island is a cemetery for the nearly 2000 prisoners who died there. These prisoners were typically taken to the nearest military outpost by their captors and informally exchanged or paroled when possible. Enlisted men and officers were typically held in separate prisons. The vast majority of these troops were soon paroled, as the strain that they would place on the logistical structure of the Federal army would keep those forces from operating in the field. 1865 Special Orders and Letters Sent by Provost Marshals of the Army of the Ohio, Mar. Rock Island prison was authorized in July 1863. The Union victories at Shiloh and Island No. 7 Register of Prisoners Confined, Discharged, Escaped, and Transferred, 1862-65 A.R. The deplorable conditions at the camp led some to call it the "Andersonville of the North," a reference to the infamous prison in Georgia. Their Compiled Service Records are held at the National Archives and are now available online at Fold3. Brown, Dee. A total of 4,800 troops were captured in the battle, and the enlisted men were sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, while the officers were sent Camp Chase and Fort Delaware, Delaware. 2 Feb. 1863-July 1865 26 G.R. The ship exploded near Marion (Crittenden County), killing around 1,800 men. 2 General Register of Prisoners, Dec. 1864 -May 1865 290 1 Register of Prisoners, Sept. 1863- Feb. 1865 7;291 3 Register of Political and Other Prisoners, 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0088 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners: 292 G.R. 17;84 Account of Checks and Packages Received for Prisoners, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0061 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 208 A.R. 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. 8;472 Apr.-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0106 General Registers of Prisoners:338 G.R. The prison was opened in November 1863. 78 193 A.R. 425 1863 List of Boxes and Packages Received, Oct. 1863-May 1864 Registers of Prisoners: 114 53 June-Nov. 1863 115 A.R. 1865 343 469 Hospital Register, Aug. 1864- May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0107 Newport News, Va., Military Prison 344 347 Register of Prisoners, 1865 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 345 A.R. 64 Jan.-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0060 206 A.R. 2, Jan. 16, 1863 78 35 Roll Call Book for Prison No. 1861-62 List of Prisoners Received From Henderson, Ky., Jan. 10, 1863 List of Political Prisoners Paroled at Columbus, Ohio, Oct.-Nov. 1862 List of Prisoners for Exchange, 1863-61* List of Prisoners, Jan.-May 1863 Roll Call Books for Prison No. 1;229* Apr.-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0108 Newport News, Va., Military Prison 346 A.R. 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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.
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