Read our Privacy Policy. You can learn more about this collection at the FamilySearch website. 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. -May 1865 Accounts of Money and Effects of Prisoners: 285 A.R. 2, Dec. 1864-Mar. 26;400 No. Title: List of Confederate prisoners by state interned at Rock Island, Illinois, 1863-1865 Publisher: List of Confederate prisoners by state interned at Rock Island, Illinois, 1863-1865 Number of pages: 89 pages Year: 1998 - 1998 Language: English Topics: Geography, United States, Illinois Registers of Prisoners: 281 A.R. 1863-May 1865 319 G.R. Berry, Chester D., ed. 1938 1862-Mar. The Rock Island Prison Camp was designed to hold more than 10,000 inmates at any one time, and over the final 18 months of the war, more than 12,000 Confederate prisoners passed through its gates. 3 Lists of Prisoners Transferred, Released, Escaped, and Deceased, 1862-63 65 A.R. 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-May 1864 Rf Testers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners:298 OCGP 1 Apr. prisoner of war at Rock Island Prison Barracks, 1868. by Lafayette Rogan. For additional information: 100 Rock Street Other historical sites in the area include the Confederate Cemetery, the Rock Island . Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Camp - mycivilwar.com From the start of the Civil War through to 1863 a parole exchange system saw most prisoners of war swapped relatively quickly. Haywood County, NC 60;440 May l863-Dec. 1864168 A.R. Congressional Prisoner of the Confederacy: Alfred Ely (1815-1892), Rochester Public Library. The prison, known formally as Rock Island Arsenal, was located on Rock island in the Mississippi River. 1863-July 1865 68 51 Jan.-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0028 69 CC 20 Register of Prisoners and Reports of Prisoners Discharged, Mar.-June 1862 List of Non-Commissioned Officers of the Benton Barracks Cadets, Sept. 1861-Jan. 1862 70 57 Reports of Prisons and Hospitals and of Prisoners at Roll Calls, Mar.-Aug. 1862 List of Prisoners in the Hospital [n.d.] List of Escaped Prisoners, Mar.- May 1862 Mess Reports, Prisons Nos. 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. United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War - FamilySearch Chicago, Illinois. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. 1863-May 1864 Rf Testers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 300 OCGP 3 1864-65 Registers of Political Prisoners: 301 A.R. 24;398 No. 5;77;104 Register of Deaths, Jan. -July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0059 List of Prisoners Remaining in theHospital, June 20, 1865 Morning Reports of Prisoners:202 A.R. 12, June 1863-Apr. This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. Over 400,000 men were held in prisons in the north and south until the end of the war in April 1865. The enlisted men captured at Fort Donelson were sent to Camp Butler, Illinois, while the officers were held in Boston Harbor at Fort Warren. 1865 Permits Granted by the Commissary General of Prisoners for Furnishing Clothing to Prisoners 15a-Nov. 1864-Mar. The Sultana carried around 2,400 former Union prisoners of war up the Mississippi River in April 1865. Several sailors, including the commander of the vessel, were taken prisoner by the Confederates. 427 July 1863 116 A.R. 1862-Mar. 17 No. Contact Mr. Jim Howell. Search, View, Print Union & Confederate Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865. Prisoners of war - Civil War Family PDF Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861 1865 - Archives Lists of confined and of escaped prisoners 1862-65. Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Camp Six hundred and forty-seven thousand prisoners were captured by the North and South in the Civil War. Jr., Large numbers of Federal troops were captured during the Camden Expedition, especially during the fighting at Poison Spring and Marks Mills. The Union repurposed the facility as a military prison during the Civil War. 9, June 1863-Apr. 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). 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. The Alton Military Prison. Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners:336 A.R. At Jenkins Ferry, a number of Confederate soldiers were reportedly mutilated by Federal forces after being captured. Rate and review titles you borrow and share your opinions on them. Andersonville prison, with . What Information can I Find in these Records? 9 and 10, 1865 153 A.R. United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument 4;162 Reports of Prisoners Received, Transferred, and Released, July 1864-Sept. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0083 277 A.R. They were from Camp Douglas and a captured Confederates from the battles at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. 10 in April. A camera icon indicates items that are digitally available online. 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. 1864 123 A.R. Names in alphabetical order by state. The first time you log in to our catalog you will need to create an account. Perhaps because of the smallpox outbreak and its attendant publicity, conditions improved, with laundries, sewers, and a large hospital being built. Learn More--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A Discover Our Shared list), Official Records of the "War of Captain Julius Welch Camp 229 18 No. -Aug. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0087 Invoice of Money and Effects of Prisoners, Apr. 15, July 1863-Apr. Additional support provided by the Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor Foundation Inc. The jail key is 3.75 long. 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. 11 No. Arsenal Confederate Prison Camp - RIPS The prison was opened in November 1863. 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. Each barrack would have 60 double bunks and would house 120 prisoners. Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors. The site on the island for the prison was at the center of the north side. 1-3 and Civilian Prisoners, Dec. 1862 74 56; CC 23 Roll Call Book for Prisons Nos. Looking East 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. Williams, Charles. Part of Rock Island Military Reservation. Among those who served time at the maximum-security facility were the notorious gangster Al "Scarface" Capone (1899-1947) and murderer Robert "Birdman of Alcatraz" Stroud (1890-1963). 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. Arkansas was the site of more than 700 military engagements during the Civil War. 1865 121 A.R. 1864 205 A.R. Each individuals name has been indexed and is searchable in this database. Rock Island prison was authorized in July 1863. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0019 Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners:39- 179 June 1864-June 1865 40 -190 Morning Reports of Patients and Attendants in the Prison Hospital, June-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0020 41 187 Guardhouse Reports, Register of Passes, Requisitions for Clothing and Supplies, and List of Sentenced Prisoners, 1862 42 A.R. 23 Hospital Register, Oct. 1864- June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0096 Fort McHenry, Md., Military Prison 305 1 Register of Prisoners, 1861-62 List of Approved Provision Returns, Dec. 1862 List of Special Requisitions for Supplies, Dec. 1862 List of Men Confined Under Charges and Sentences, Oct.-Dec. 1862 306 2; 3 Registers of Prisoners, Sept. 1863- Apr. 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. There existed more than 150 military prisons, stockades, camps, and pens on both sides during the War; very little is known of life and conditions in most of them. Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Record Group 249; National Archives, Washington, D.C. The caption is "Confederate Prison 1863-1865, Rock Island Arsenal." That hastily erected Civil War prison camp was long gone by the time this card was published in the early 1900s. The following roster of those who gave The Last Full Measure in The Battle of Helena marked another large capture of Confederate troops in the state, with 1,100 men taken prisoner after the battle. 1-3, 1864-65 157-Virginia, Maryland, and Mississippi Organizations in Prison Divisions Nos. Other forces captured included units from Texas and Louisiana. 425 1863 List of Boxes and Packages Received, Oct. 1863-May 1864 Registers of Prisoners: 114 53 June-Nov. 1863 115 A.R. General Grant and Union officials felt that released Confederate prisoners would return to the battlefield, thus prolonging the war. 13;62 Aug. 1862 204 A.R. 1 Apr. About 125 were captured at Poison Spring, and around 1,200 were captured at Marks Mills. 32;408 No. The system worked only sporadically from that time until the end of the war. The Rock Island Prison Camp was designed to hold more than 10,000 inmates at any one time, and over the final 18 months of the war, more than 12,000 Confederate prisoners passed through its gates. 3, ca. 24 Unidentified Name Index, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0065 Eljnira, N.Y. General Registers of Prisoners: 218 G.R. 6, July 1863-Apr. 1865 36-Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners, Apr.-Oct. 1862 Requests for Funds Sent to the Adjutant General and Receipts for Funds and Equipment, l8oP Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners, Oct.-Dec. 1862 List of Effects of Deceased Prisoners, 1862-63 List of Squads, [n.d.] List of Prisoners Under Sentence, 1862-63 List of Civilian Squads, [n.d.] Unidentified List of Names, 1862-63 Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners: 37 177 Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners, Oct.-Dec. 1862 List of Effects of Deceased Prisoners, 1862-63 List of Squads, [n.d.] List of Prisoners Under Sentence, 1862-63 List of Civilian Squads, [n.d.] Unidentified List of Names, 1862-63, [ digital copy ] Reel 0018 Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners: 38 178 Jan. 1863-Mar. Each company of prisoners received 10 days ration evry 10 days instead of a daily ration every day. 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. Confederate POW Camp 1864-June 1865 164-Register of Patients Admitted to the Prison Hospital, Jan.- July 1864 List of Clothing Belonging to Officers in the Hospital, 1864 List of Kitchen Workers, 1864 List of Clothing Issued to Bakers, Sept. 1864 165-Register of Patients Admitted to the Prison Hospital, July 1864- May 1865 166 A.R. 379 1864-65 155 A.R. 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. 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. [ 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 The ship exploded near Marion (Crittenden County), killing around 1,800 men. The prison camp operated from December 1863 until July 1865, when the last prisoners were freed. 2) M-Z, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0116 Registers of Prisoners: 358 1 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0117 Registers of Prisoners: 359 2 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0118 Registers of Prisoners: 360 3 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0119 Registers of Prisoners: 361 4 1865 362 6 Register of Prisoners Escaped, Released, and Deceased, Aug. 1863-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0120 363 5 Register of Prisoners Transferred From Point Lookout, Sept. 1863-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0121 364 3 (pts.1 and2) Register of Prisoners Transferred 1 and 2) to and Received From Hammond General Hospital, Oct. 1863- Apr. This item is available on microfilm at this FamilySearch center. 1863-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0094 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. In 1862, the island was converted into an Union arsenal. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. DeKalb: Northern Illinois Press, 2000. 20 and 45, 1864-65 158 A.R. 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. Updates: Many men did not return to duty and instead returned home after receiving their parole. 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 Record of Prisoners of War Who Have Died at Rock Island Barracks, Illinois had also been uploaded to Ancestry.Com. 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 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. Little Rock, AR. were placed in a mass grave known as The Confederate Mound. A kitchen was built into each barracks. Alfred Ely's Journal. 2;461 Nov. 1862-Sept. 1863 286 A.R. 27, 1865 140 A.R. 1865 130 A.R. 3 Register of Prisoners, Apr. 5;464 Apr. The Union navy also sometimes lost men as prisoners of war after its boats were attacked on Arkansas waterways. 1865 134 A.R. When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book. 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). 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. 1-26, [n.d.] 72 CC 23 Barracks in Prisons Nos. 19;420 No. courier : Cousin-to-cousin / coast-to-coast (O'Leary family) - v. 1, no. 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. 2 1863-65 339 G.R. A small marsh formed at the southwest corner of the prison because of poor drainage. This documentary tells the story of the Rock Island Civil War Prison and how it acquired the undeserved reputation . 18; 69 1862 209 A.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. 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. The enlisted men were exchanged in September 1862 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Rock Island Confederate Cemetery - National Cemetery Administration 7;220* Miscellaneous Orders and Reports,1863-64 List of Daily Rations, [n.d.] List of Men Transferred to the U.S. Navy and Quartered at McLean Barracks, [n.d.] 316 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. Collectible Firearms for Serious Gun Collectors | Rock Island Auction Seven Confederate Knights-Chapter 2625-

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