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. 1-3, 1864-65 157-Virginia, Maryland, and Mississippi Organizations in Prison Divisions Nos. Prisoners often attempted to escape once captured. Category:American Civil War prison camps - Wikipedia 8 No. The volumes are broken into distinct sections which aid in your search. 7;165* Receipt Stubs for Prisoners Money, July 1865 279 A.R. 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. 1865 125 A.R. Federal commanders tasked with providing for these prisoners struggled to offer adequate medical care, and many died from smallpox. Each barrack was to be 100-feet long, 22-feet widw, and 12-feet high wit 12 windows, 2 doors, and 2 roof ventilators. The Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry was captured at the Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee in February 1862, and the Eleventh and Twelfth Arkansas Infantry regiments and the Fourth Arkansas Battalion were captured at Island No. Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Camp - mycivilwar.com Most of the men whose names appear in this index served with units from 15 different states or territories; others were soldiers raised directly by the Confederate government, generals and staff officers, and other enlisted men not associated with a regiment. The prison camp was comprised of 84 prisoner barracks, each being 100 feet long, 22 feet wide and 12 feet high. To view a digital version of this item click here. List of Confederate prisoners by state interned at Rock Island Page headings include the following information: company & regiment, where captured, state, date of capture, when confined, when released. 9 Register of Deaths, Releases, and Exchanges, Jan. -June 1865 201 A.R. 4 Register of Officer Prisoners, Apr, 1863-Aug. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0045 Register of Prisoners in Prison Division: 117 A.R. 1863-July 1865 313 A.R. Confederate States of America 19;420 No. PDF Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861 1865 - Archives 28;402 No. Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners - National Archives Indiana 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 Permits Granted by the Commissary General of Prisoners for Furnishing Clothing to Prisoners 15a-Nov. 1864-Mar. The capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson by the Federals in July 1863 also resulted in the capture of many Arkansans. If you can, provide 1-2 sources of information backing up this correction. Major funding provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. the resulting infux of prisoners, so later that summer, the War Department authorized a prisoner of war camp at Rock Island, Illinois. 1862-Mar. 22, 1865 135 A.R. 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. Prisoners held in Little Rock were allowed to take the oath and released. 17 No. 425 1863 List of Boxes and Packages Received, Oct. 1863-May 1864 Registers of Prisoners: 114 53 June-Nov. 1863 115 A.R. 1863 100 G.R. Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal, and Confederate POW Camp Captain Julius Welch Camp 229 This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. 6 No. 7;141 Oct. 1864-May 1865 224 A.R. 1865 118 A.R. 1865 132 A.R. 1863-June 1864 312 G.R. 3 Apr.-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0042 Registers of Prisoners Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 110 OCGP 2 1863-64, [ digital copy ] Reel 0043 Registers of Prisoners Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 111 OCGP 3 1864-65 112 OCGP 4 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0044 Registers of Prisoners Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 113 A.R. Read our Privacy Policy. Confederate States of America United Daughters of the Confederacy, 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. At the west end of the barrack was a kitchen or cookhouse that was 18-feet long. 1 1862-65 219 G.R. Williams, Charles. 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. 16 No. 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. 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. Each individuals name has been indexed and is searchable in this database. African-American troops were not present at Marks Mills, but a large group of freedmen accompanying the Union force was likewise attacked after the battle, and many were killed. 60;440 May l863-Dec. 1864168 A.R. Many men did not return to duty and instead returned home after receiving their parole. Sons of Confederate Veterans. The amount and type of information available for an individual will vary according to record types and forms. With the conclusion of the war, Federal prisoners in the Trans-Mississippi were released from Camp Ford in Texas after it closed in May 1965. 2, Dec. 1864-Mar. 406 360* Register of Prisoners, 1864-65 407 A.R. 236 1490 Descriptive List of Prisoners Confined in Gratiot Street Prison, July 1863-Sept. 1864 List of Articles Taken From Prisoners by W. C. Streeter, Clerk, and Turned Over to William J. Masterson, Keeper, May 1863 Registers of Prisoners Confined in Gratiot and Myrtle Streets Prisons, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 237 OCGP XX 1862-63 238 OCGP 1 1862-64 239 OCGP 1 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0073 Department of the Gulf Registers of Prisoners Petroled at: Gainesville, Ala. 240 98 May [1865] 241 99 May 1865 242 100 May 1865 243 101 May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0074 Registers of Prisoners Petroled at: 244 93 Alexandria, Monroe, and Natchitoches, La., June-July 1865 245 111 Franklin, Monroe, New Iberia, and Washington, La.,June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0075 Registers of Prisoners Petroled at: Shreveport, La. Whenever the pump malfunctioned, the water would come from a small artesian well in the prison compound. Located on page 14120 is James T. Reeves, Grave #1, buried south of Prison Barracks. Rock Island Arsenal (Rock Island, Illinois), United States, Illinois, Rock Island, Rock Island - Military records - Civil War, 1861-1865, FamilySearch Terms of Use (Updated 2021-09-27), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The deplorable conditions at the camp led some to call it the "Andersonville of the North," a reference to the infamous prison in Georgia. Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners:336 A.R. 8, Apr. 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. Arsenal Confederate Prison Camp - RIPS Of these, 730 were transferred to other stations . Also known as Rock Island Camp . . 9; 170 Descriptive Lists of Prisoners,Jan. 21 No. Looking East The Union navy also sometimes lost men as prisoners of war after its boats were attacked on Arkansas waterways. 1863 Account of the Prison Fund, Feb. 1864 Letter Sent to the Post Adjutant, Aug. 5, 1863 46 193 Receipts for Articles Delivered, May 1864-June 1865 47 186 Receipts for Money, Circulars, Orders, and Letters Received, 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0021 Bowling Green, Va., Provost Marshals Office 48 2 Register of Confederate Prisoners Paroled by the Provost Marshal and of Civilians Who Took Oaths of Allegiance and Amnesty, May 1865-Nov. 1866 Camp Butler, 111., Military Prison Registers of Prisoners: 49 A.R. Ainsworth estimated to James Ford Rhodes in 1903 that 193,750 Northerners & 215,000 Southerners were captured and confined. The Rock Island Civil War Prison Special | 28m 2s | Video has closed captioning. The Sanitary . 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. This database contains records relating to Civil War Prisoners of War (POW). The system worked only sporadically from that time until the end of the war. Registers of Prisoners: 104 1 1862-63, [ digital copy ] Reel 0039 Department of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn. 1;460* General Register of Prisoners, Aug. 1861-Dec. 1865 List of Substitute Brokers and Bounty Jumpers Released, Mar. 1863, [ digital copy ] Reel 0025 Descriptive Lists of Prisoners: 58 A.R. 1865 Registers of Prisoners: 410 299 1861-62 411 361* 1861-62 412 1 1861-66 List of Sentenced Prisoners, 1864-65 Lists of Prisoners Received and Accounts of Prisoners: 413 A.R. A key and padlock from the Illinois State Penitentiary in Alton, Illinois. 12;396 No. 1) A-K, 1863-64 355 (pt. The enlisted men captured at Fort Donelson were sent to Camp Butler, Illinois, while the officers were held in Boston Harbor at Fort Warren. 1863-May 1865 320 G.R. 249.6 RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL PRISONER-OF-WAR MILITARY PRISONS AND PRISON CAMPS 1862-65 . The Record of Prisoners of War Who Have Died at Rock Island Barracks, Illinois had also been uploaded to Ancestry.Com. 10, July 1863-Apr. 9 and 10, 1865 153 A.R. 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. / mstyles1947@yahoo.com, in honor of those who never came home. Rock Island prison was authorized in July 1863. 85;85 Statistical Reports of Prisoners, Dec. 1864-June 1865 207 A.R. Some of the units captured at Port Hudson had been previously captured at Island No. You can learn more about this collection at the FamilySearch website. United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War - FamilySearch The prisoners cooked their own food. 1;229* Apr.-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0108 Newport News, Va., Military Prison 346 A.R. 27 Jul 2020: Fields that were not previously keyed, were keyed and added to the collection. Do not sell or share my personal information. 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. 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. Nov. 1862-Apr. These troops were sent to Alton, Illinois, where they were held in a former prison. Large numbers of Federal troops were captured during the Camden Expedition, especially during the fighting at Poison Spring and Marks Mills. 19;65 1863, [ digital copy ] Reel 0062 210 A.R. Fitting comment by General Stonewall Jackson, Deaths of Prisoners of War 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. 3 May-July 1865 347 A.R. 1) A-L, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0115 General Registers of Prisoners: 357 (pt. 19, July 1863-Mar. 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. The Confederate forces captured included the Nineteenth and Twenty-Fourth Arkansas Infantry regiments and a battery of Arkansas artillery. This database contains the names of approximately 6.3 million soldiers who served in the American Civil War. Some Northern newspapers compared Rock Island prison to the Andersonville prison of the South. 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. He had been placed in Barracks #3. Part of Rock Island Military Reservation. 8;472 Apr.-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0106 General Registers of Prisoners:338 G.R. The best-known example was in June 1864 when the USS Queen City was attacked and destroyed by a Confederate cavalry unit at Clarendon (Monroe County). Camp Dennison, Ohio Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Mo. 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? The officers were eventually exchanged as well, but the regiments were reorganized, often with new officers. "A List of Confederate Citizen Prisoners Held at the United States Military Prison at Little Rock, Arkansas." Pulaski County Historical Review 36 (Winter 1988): 82-92. 10;393 No. 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. 8; 45 May 1862-Aug. 1863 56 303 1862-63 57 Feb.-Mar. 6, July 1863-Apr. The database is comprised of four National Archives (NARA) microfilm series (M1303, M598, M2702, and M918). The water supply and drainage were deficient, creating a sanitation problem. 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 0080 Johnsons Island, Ohio, Military Prison 270 A.R. 14;81 Apr.Dec. 3 Register of Prisoners, Apr. 1864 123 A.R. Registers of Prisoners: 281 A.R. This item is available on microfilm at this FamilySearch center. 13 No. They were from Camp Douglas and a captured Confederates from the battles at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Other forces captured included units from Texas and Louisiana. 1864- June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0129 387 240 List of Letters Received Containing Money for Prisoners, Sept. 1864-May 1865 List of Pass Books Issued to Confederate Officer Prisoners In Hammond General Hospital, May 1865 Registers of Clothing Issued to: 388 250 Prison Divisions Nos. -Aug. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0087 Invoice of Money and Effects of Prisoners, Apr. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1963. 1;116* General Register of Prisoners, July 1863-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0101 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 326 OCGP 1 1863-65 327 OCGP 2 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0102 328 List of Prisoners, 1862 Inventory of Property, June 20, 1862 329 A.R. What Information can I Find in these Records? -May 1865 397 Unidentified Index of Prisoners Names and Barracks Numbers, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0133 398 Name Index to Ledger A 399 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, Ledger A, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0134 400 Name Index to Ledger B-401 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, Ledger B, 1864-65 Journals of Accounts with Prisoners:402 -Dec. 1863-Jan. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0135 Journals of Accounts with Prisoners: ^03 270 Mar. 16; A.R. 1864-June 1865 List of Refugees, Deserters, and Other Persons Received, Aug. 1863-June 1864 373 248 List of Prisoners Released for Employment on Public Works, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0125 374 10 Register of Prisoners Enlisting in the U.S. Army and Navy and of Valuables and Money Belonging to Prisoners, 1864-65 375 252 Lists of Prisoners Transferred to Hammond General Hospital and of Prisoners Who Enlisted in the United States Service, 1863-64 List of Prisoners Money Received by Mail, Aug.-Sept. 1863 List of Permanent Passes Issued to Civilians, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0126 376 260 List of Money and Valuables Taken From Prisoners on Arrival, Oct. 1864-Apr. 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. The remainingprisoners were released on parole throughout May, June, and July. Alton's Pows - Northern Illinois University Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Camp Special thanks to the Department of Arkansas Heritage. Of the thirty-one military prisoner-of-war camps in the Union, four were located in this state: Alton; Camp Butler, in Springfield; Camp Douglas, in Chicago; and Rock Island. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0128 386 238 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts and Name Index, Mar. DeKalb: Northern Illinois Press, 2000. Williams, Charles. 1864-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0111 Point Lookout, Md., Military Prison Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners: 352 245 Feb. 1864-Mar. The island is a part of the city of Rock Island. 1-9, [n.d.] 389 249 Prison Divisions Nos. Microfilm series M2072 contains lists of Confederate soldiers who were captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 4 July 1863. The prison was opened in November 1863. 5;221 Order Book, May 1863-Jan. 1865 Register of Expenditures and Savings, June-July 1864 317 A.R.
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