I just received a email telling me the address didnt come through....Here it is....... http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/plookup.htm

Kevin, Recheck that URL. It is not working. Thanks for the info. I do understand that eventually *all* CW names will be available at the National Park Service sites. Right now only USCT are available. Bob -- Bob Huddleston Serving Denver's Real Estate Needs Since 1978 Metro Brokers Adco Associates Office: (303) 457-9300 Toll Free: (888) 451-6376 E-Mail: adco@rmi.net <http://www.realtorads.com/denver/bobhuddleston> FRYE FAMILY wrote: SNIP > >The address to do look-ups is........ > > > >http://www.corithian.net/mccc/plookup.htm > > > > > >Kevin Frye > >Butler Georgia > >

I copy your messages. You don't make any sense to to me. I think you are doing a Jabberwocky on me. If I am wrong. I will apoligized to you. I just talk to four gentlemans tonight. You are not any decents like them.Maybe you have something to say to me and them. Bye for now, Jim James R. Searight 1059 W. Highland Ave. Elgin, Il. 60123

>Hey all researchers, >Im new to this site and I dont know if it is known that Andersonville >records came online a few weeks ago. I live 40 miles from Andersonville and >have been offering on several web sites to do look-ups and photoghaph graves >for those intrested. My charge is just what you would send to cover my cost >and a small donation to the prison site.I was researching last week and I >was told that they are online now and the records could be looked up at >home. On this page you search the name you are looking for or just last >name. It gives you info such as....State,,,Unit,,,Company,,,Rank,,,,Place of >capture,,,Grave number,,,,,,Date of death....Cause of death....release >info,,,,,Place he was sent to......... >If you have documents that show an ancester was there and is not listed, Get >back to me and I have who you want to contact to get the information into >their records. I also have a CD listing all prisoners to check by alphabet >in case your not sure of the spelling of the names.If I can be helpful to >anyone email me at Frye@gnat.net > >The address to do look-ups is........ > >http://www.corithian.net/mccc/plookup.htm > > >Kevin Frye >Butler Georgia >

Denis, A good starting point is Frederick Phisterer, _NY in the War of the Rebellion_, 6 vols, 1912. These include rosters by regiment of those who enlisted from NY. NH also published one: Ayling, _Revised Register of the Soldiers and Sailors of NH in the War of the Rebellion_, 1895. LArge university or city libraries may have copies of either. Have you checked with the National Archives to get the Compiled Service Records, the Carded MEdical Files and the Pension Records? You can either go yourself, or order them. Ordering takes several months! Go to nara.gov and burrow into their pages on CW records. Also check at the library for Groene, _Tracing Your Ancestors_, Rev. Ed., 1995. You will need to order copies of NARA form 80 (yo can do it on-line) to request the records. A better, if more expensive, choice, is to go yourself. The NARA folks are wonderful and extremely helpful and it is a special treat to actually hold the original documents in your hands! Such things as date of death and children, etc., will often show up among the documents. Be prepared to get dirty: most of the files you will pull have not been looked at since the Pension Office compiled them back in the 1890s! Bob -- Bob Huddleston Serving Denver's Real Estate Needs Since 1978 Metro Brokers Adco Associates Office: (303) 457-9300 Toll Free: (888) 451-6376 E-Mail: adco@rmi.net <http://www.realtorads.com/denver/bobhuddleston> Denis Adams wrote: > > Dear List, > I have a little problem that maybe Bob or someone in the group can help > me with. My Gr, Gr, uncle Frank WHITNEY was in Co. E, 15th NY. Calvary, > captured at Newton, VA. and was sent to Andersonville Prison. His service > records state that he died in Andersonville, date not legible. The > "Inventory of Effects", there were none, was dated June 28, 1865, signed by > Capt. Ellicott his company commander. Also in my possession is a copy of a > letter, written to Frank's father in regards to his son that states that > Frank died in Camp Lawton, Millen GA. written by C. W. Branat at Camp Parole > MD. The letter is dated Jan. 25, 1865 and is the narrative of a Geo Frasser. > I have been to the Andersonville site and it states that Frank died in > Andersonville but no proof or grave. There is a George Frazier listed at the > above site who was at Andersonville the same time Frank was and survived. > My question is this, What account is right? also, is there any knowledge > of Capt. C. W. Branat? or of George Frazier of Co. E, 15th infantry > regiment, NH.? Any guidance in where to search from here would be grateful > appreciated. > Sincerely, > Denis Adams > 2665 Favor Rd. Apt 2-E5 > Marietta, GA. 30060 > www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/6962 > dadams@atlnet.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Huddleston <adco@rmi.net> > To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 7:59 PM > Subject: Re: What records besides deaths are available? > > >Helen, > > > >i can answer part of your question. > > > >Camp Parole was located near Annapolis. Before the exchange system broke > >down, released US prisoners were sent there, after being turned over to > >US authorities near Richmond, VA. They would remain there until they had > >officially been exchanged for a released Confederate POW, after which > >they would be returned to their outfits. > > > >It remained in use as a returning POW point and a hospital to the end of > >the war. > > > >The following is copied from OR at about the time WArner was there: > > ANNAPOLIS, November 26, 1864. > > Capt. W. T. HARTZ: > >I have received the order to furlough the paroled prisoners now > >arriving. I have also received an order from the War Department to have > >them all paid two months' pay. I have received 1,800 men in three > >steamers without rolls. I can accommodate at Camp Parole and at the > >hospitals 7,000 well men and about 1,200 sick men. The men who arrived > >to-day are in good condition in all respects. Yesterday many who arrived > >were in poor condition. > > A. R. ROOT, > >Colonel. > >(120 OR 1162) > > > >As for being detailed as a teamster, that was a common job and it may or > >may not have anything to do with his physical health. > > > >Take care, > > > >Bob > > > >-- > >Bob Huddleston Serving Denver's Real Estate Needs Since 1978

I wish to find out of one of the twin brother who died at Andersonville. This was the story my mother told me many years ago. When she was a little girl, she would go and see her Uncle Bill. She would very politely ask Uncle Bill, if she could look at his Civil War uniform in the closet. I dont know if Uncle Bill is related to the twin brother in Andersonville.Both of them should be under ''Garton ''.I would appricated any information you can give me. Thanks, Jim James R. Searight 1059 W. Highland Ave. Elgin, Il. 60123

Dear List, I have a little problem that maybe Bob or someone in the group can help me with. My Gr, Gr, uncle Frank WHITNEY was in Co. E, 15th NY. Calvary, captured at Newton, VA. and was sent to Andersonville Prison. His service records state that he died in Andersonville, date not legible. The "Inventory of Effects", there were none, was dated June 28, 1865, signed by Capt. Ellicott his company commander. Also in my possession is a copy of a letter, written to Frank's father in regards to his son that states that Frank died in Camp Lawton, Millen GA. written by C. W. Branat at Camp Parole MD. The letter is dated Jan. 25, 1865 and is the narrative of a Geo Frasser. I have been to the Andersonville site and it states that Frank died in Andersonville but no proof or grave. There is a George Frazier listed at the above site who was at Andersonville the same time Frank was and survived. My question is this, What account is right? also, is there any knowledge of Capt. C. W. Branat? or of George Frazier of Co. E, 15th infantry regiment, NH.? Any guidance in where to search from here would be grateful appreciated. Sincerely, Denis Adams 2665 Favor Rd. Apt 2-E5 Marietta, GA. 30060 www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/6962 dadams@atlnet.com -----Original Message----- From: Bob Huddleston <adco@rmi.net> To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 7:59 PM Subject: Re: What records besides deaths are available? >Helen, > >i can answer part of your question. > >Camp Parole was located near Annapolis. Before the exchange system broke >down, released US prisoners were sent there, after being turned over to >US authorities near Richmond, VA. They would remain there until they had >officially been exchanged for a released Confederate POW, after which >they would be returned to their outfits. > >It remained in use as a returning POW point and a hospital to the end of >the war. > >The following is copied from OR at about the time WArner was there: > ANNAPOLIS, November 26, 1864. > Capt. W. T. HARTZ: >I have received the order to furlough the paroled prisoners now >arriving. I have also received an order from the War Department to have >them all paid two months' pay. I have received 1,800 men in three >steamers without rolls. I can accommodate at Camp Parole and at the >hospitals 7,000 well men and about 1,200 sick men. The men who arrived >to-day are in good condition in all respects. Yesterday many who arrived >were in poor condition. > A. R. ROOT, >Colonel. >(120 OR 1162) > >As for being detailed as a teamster, that was a common job and it may or >may not have anything to do with his physical health. > >Take care, > >Bob > >-- >Bob Huddleston Serving Denver's Real Estate Needs Since 1978

Try the Andersonville Web Site. They have a link to a name search site at the bottom of the following page. http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/aville.html Sue -----Original Message----- From: Helen Graves [SMTP:hgraves@psln.com] Sent: Sunday, February 07, 1999 7:09 PM To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: What records besides deaths are available? I am a brand new subscriber to the list, so forgive me if I ask a question that has probably been answered before... Question: Besides death records, do other Andersonville prisoner records exist? Did they keep records as to when the prisoner arrived and when he left? According to my husband's ancestor's Civil War pension file, he was captured during Hunter's Raid on Bushy Ridge near Salem, West VA between June 23-27, 1864, and then taken to Andersonville. How soon he was taken to Andersonville after his capture was not in his papers. One source says he was there "2 months", which would appear to be July-August 1864. Another source says he was transferred from Andersonville on Oct 31,1864 to Millen, GA. If this is correct, he could have been at Andersonville 4 months, not two. I would like to be able to find the dates when he was actually at the prison. Is this possible? His name was James Riley Warner and he served in Co B of the 2lst NY Cavalry. After going to the prison at Millen, GA, he was sent to Libby Prison. These prison stays at Millen and Libby could not have been very long as he was exchanged at Libby Prison on Nov 24, 1864 and was sent to Camp Parole, MD. Does anyone know what "Camp Parole" in MD was? He then spent a month in the hospital (all of Dec 1864). I am not sure where that was -- is it possible that Camp Parole was the hospital? On Jan 6, 1865 he was sent to rejoin his regt. to continue in service, which he did. It is possible that his health was so poor he no longer was on horseback as Cavalry. It appears his service continued on as a "teamster", i.e. caring for the horses. -- Helen Graves ______________________________

Helen, i can answer part of your question. Camp Parole was located near Annapolis. Before the exchange system broke down, released US prisoners were sent there, after being turned over to US authorities near Richmond, VA. They would remain there until they had officially been exchanged for a released Confederate POW, after which they would be returned to their outfits. It remained in use as a returning POW point and a hospital to the end of the war. The following is copied from OR at about the time WArner was there: ANNAPOLIS, November 26, 1864. Capt. W. T. HARTZ: I have received the order to furlough the paroled prisoners now arriving. I have also received an order from the War Department to have them all paid two months' pay. I have received 1,800 men in three steamers without rolls. I can accommodate at Camp Parole and at the hospitals 7,000 well men and about 1,200 sick men. The men who arrived to-day are in good condition in all respects. Yesterday many who arrived were in poor condition. A. R. ROOT, Colonel. (120 OR 1162) As for being detailed as a teamster, that was a common job and it may or may not have anything to do with his physical health. Take care, Bob -- Bob Huddleston Serving Denver's Real Estate Needs Since 1978 Metro Brokers Adco Associates Office: (303) 457-9300 Toll Free: (888) 451-6376 E-Mail: adco@rmi.net <http://www.realtorads.com/denver/bobhuddleston> Helen Graves wrote: > SNIP After going to the prison at Millen, GA, he was sent to Libby > Prison. These prison stays at Millen and Libby could not have been very > long as he was exchanged at Libby Prison on Nov 24, 1864 and was sent to > Camp Parole, MD. > > Does anyone know what "Camp Parole" in MD was? > > He then spent a month in the hospital (all of Dec 1864). I am not sure > where that was -- is it possible that Camp Parole was the hospital? On > Jan 6, 1865 he was sent to rejoin his regt. to continue in service, > which he did. It is possible that his health was so poor he no longer > was on horseback as Cavalry. It appears his service continued on as a > "teamster", i.e. caring for the horses. > > -- Helen Graves

I am a brand new subscriber to the list, so forgive me if I ask a question that has probably been answered before... Question: Besides death records, do other Andersonville prisoner records exist? Did they keep records as to when the prisoner arrived and when he left? According to my husband's ancestor's Civil War pension file, he was captured during Hunter's Raid on Bushy Ridge near Salem, West VA between June 23-27, 1864, and then taken to Andersonville. How soon he was taken to Andersonville after his capture was not in his papers. One source says he was there "2 months", which would appear to be July-August 1864. Another source says he was transferred from Andersonville on Oct 31,1864 to Millen, GA. If this is correct, he could have been at Andersonville 4 months, not two. I would like to be able to find the dates when he was actually at the prison. Is this possible? His name was James Riley Warner and he served in Co B of the 2lst NY Cavalry. After going to the prison at Millen, GA, he was sent to Libby Prison. These prison stays at Millen and Libby could not have been very long as he was exchanged at Libby Prison on Nov 24, 1864 and was sent to Camp Parole, MD. Does anyone know what "Camp Parole" in MD was? He then spent a month in the hospital (all of Dec 1864). I am not sure where that was -- is it possible that Camp Parole was the hospital? On Jan 6, 1865 he was sent to rejoin his regt. to continue in service, which he did. It is possible that his health was so poor he no longer was on horseback as Cavalry. It appears his service continued on as a "teamster", i.e. caring for the horses. -- Helen Graves

In response to the following message: > C. E. Hale or C.E. Hale was a survivor of Andersonville. He got TB there and > recuperated at Saranac Lake, NY sanitarium. Was my great great grandfather > and I'm trying to research his time before capture and the time at > Andersonville. Thank you. > To locate the record of my grandfather's Civil War regiment, I went to the GenWeb site for the state where he enlisted; in his case, it was Ohio. There I found a link to a site that gave info on most of the Ohio regiments (including his, the 75th). This site lists the battles and travels of the regiments. The following is the URL for Ohio regiments, in case anyone is interested: http://www.infinet.com/~lstevens/a/civil.html Good luck in your search. Pat Pulasky

I just received one page of digest. I wasn't offered a download and the page only contained two short messages. Please explain what I should expect and how this works. Thanks. Npille@aol.com

C. E. Hale or C.E. Hale was a survivor of Andersonville. He got TB there and recuperated at Saranac Lake, NY sanitarium. Was my great great grandfather and I'm trying to research his time before capture and the time at Andersonville. Thank you.

Dear Bill, My great grandfather JAMES MADISON BRYANT survived. I hope you find your kinsman. The URL is: <http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/aville.html> . Go to the bottom of the homepage this takes you to, and click on the highlighted line. Good Luck. Paul ---------- From: Bill Lewis <lewis536@worldnet.att.net> To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Unidentified subject! Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 11:40 PM Just found out my gggf died in Andersonville. He was from Louisiana, all I have is surname Bates. Are there lists available or are there people who do lookups. Thank You All Bill Lewis Everett, Wa. lewis536@worldnet.att.net

Just found out my gggf died in Andersonville. He was from Louisiana, all I have is surname Bates. Are there lists available or are there people who do lookups. Thank You All Bill Lewis Everett, Wa. lewis536@worldnet.att.net

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0798025FA18568C87DEFA76B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From my southern cuz. Rose --------------0798025FA18568C87DEFA76B Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <Jimcone252@aol.com> Received: from mailgw.flash.net (phobos.flash.net [209.30.0.42]) by centurion.flash.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA25919 for <roseland@centurion.flash.net>; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 18:48:54 -0600 (CST) From: Jimcone252@aol.com Received: from imo14.mx.aol.com (imo14.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.4]) by mailgw.flash.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA12522 for <roseland@flash.net>; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 18:48:53 -0600 (CST) Received: from Jimcone252@aol.com by imo14.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id INABa05506 for <roseland@flash.net>; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:45:43 +1900 (EST) Message-ID: <212c719f.36ae61b7@aol.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:45:43 EST To: roseland@flash.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Fwd: Some interesting URLs] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 226 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Thank you very much for offering, but I am only involved in the CSA sites and those are enough to keep one person busy full time. For some reason, I never heard of the Sultana episode and from the accounts that I found on the web site, it was really a tragedy! It must have been horrible to have gone thru the war, get captured and then have your ship to blow up. What a terrible tragedy that must have been! Thanks again! Did you see the note today about the person that is descended from Neel Cone, William and Isaiah Cone? This may be one of the links that I have been searching for over 12 years for. Keep your fingers crossed! Jim Cone --------------0798025FA18568C87DEFA76B--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9A0E54A8083CC1D50EE2D3AB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is from something on my family name who is from the South. But thought the list may be interested in his statement. Rose Landmesser --------------9A0E54A8083CC1D50EE2D3AB Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <Jimcone252@aol.com> Received: from mailgw.flash.net (deimos.flash.net [209.30.0.43]) by centurion.flash.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA25550 for <roseland@centurion.flash.net>; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:14:48 -0600 (CST) From: Jimcone252@aol.com Received: from imo27.mx.aol.com (imo27.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.71]) by mailgw.flash.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA15707 for <roseland@flash.net>; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:14:47 -0600 (CST) Received: from Jimcone252@aol.com by imo27.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id 8NGUa06037 for <roseland@flash.net>; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:07:28 +1900 (EST) Message-ID: <d898cd28.36ae66d0@aol.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:07:28 EST To: roseland@flash.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Fwd: Some interesting URLs] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 226 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 I think it quite unique, that my wife's grandfather was a 'young prison guard' at Andersonville and while on scheduled leave of absence to Pike Co., Ga. he was captured by some of Sherman's Skirmishers and taken to some Union Prison. He was held for several months and then released on a trade or exchange of prisioners. He was then reassigned to another unit and endured the war safely. I have just viewed the Andersonville site and it is a good display. I live only about 30 miles from there and have viewed and vistied the Cemetery-Park many times. There is a lot of fable and untruths which are portrayed and some of it cannot be proven. Sad that such a place has to be marred with such as that. They have the fable that right at the moment of highest need for water that a spring suddenly gushed up and saved many of the Union soldiers from dying. This is a myth and cannot be proven. My unit of the SCV goes to Andersonville each year for a re=enactment and living history display and it is awesome. the candle light ceremony will put tears in the strongest persons eyes and is so dramatic! There is a candle for each person who paid the supreme price and as that person's name is called, the candle is snuffed out and afterawhile, there is total darkness and all the while, the drums are rolling. Wow, what an experience! Thanks again for all that you have done. I will be sending the list in this weekend for posting. Anytime that info comes up, send it to me and I will add to the list and send it in monthly. Jim Cone --------------9A0E54A8083CC1D50EE2D3AB--

Hi gang, I called the Andersonville Historic Site today and they were most helpful. They have a new website which tells some history and list upcoming events. Other news is now they just got on the web, a listing of prisioners who were at Andersonville. He said that not everyone is listed, I think he said 40,000 out of 50,000 who were there are listed. I tried to find my guy, but it came up blank. For the Andersonville site <<http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/aville.html>> or click <A HREF="http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/aville.html">Andersonville National Historic Site</A> for lookups: <<http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/plookup.htm>> or click: <A HREF="http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/plookup.htm">Andersonville Prisoner Lookup</A> Hope this is a help. Will Brown

Beginning of part 3 Records Relating to Deaths and Burials of Federal Prisoners at Andersonville The original register of deaths and burials of Federal prisoners of war confined at Andersonville is filmed at the beginning of roll 4 of this microfilm publication. The register consists of five volumes (vols. 114-118). The entries in the volumes are arranged by grave number (1-12,848), and each entry includes the name, rank, unit, hospital admittance number, cause of death, and the date of death of a Federal prisoner. The contents of each of the five volumes is as follows: Volume Grave Numbers Dates of Deaths 114 1-3240 Feb. 27-Jul. 13, 1864 115 3241-6506 Jul. 13-Aug. 22, 1864 116 6507-8929 Aug. 22-Sept. 16, 1864 117 8930-11,704 Sept. 16-Oct. 31, 1864 118 11,705-12,848 Nov. 1, 1864-Apr. 28, 1865 The bottoms of many pages of this register are torn or missing. In some cases the grave number is missing or incomplete. Moreover, many pages may not be legible. Volume 118 contains a printed list of Federal prisoners from the State of Vermont who died at Andersonville. Also reproduced on roll 4 is an incomplete copy of the original death and burial register prepared by War Department clerks after the Civil War. This copy is missing the entries for grave numbers 850 to 6506, covering the period May 3-August 22, 1864. It consists of three volumes (vols. 41, 42 and 42 1/2). Volume 41 duplicates part of volume 114 of the original register (grave numbers 1-849 only), volume 42 duplicates all of volume 116, and volume 42 1/2 all of volumes 117 and 118. The arrangement and the information in both registers are similar. The copy of the register is more legible than the original. Reproduced on roll 5 of this microfilm publication are seven items: five burial lists of prisoners at Andersonville, a related comparative listing, and a partial name index. They are filmed in the following order: 1. complete list of Federal prisoners buried at Andersonville, arranged by grave number (1-12,852), prepared under the direction of Lt. Augustus Corliss, 33d Infantry, who was stationed at Andersonville immediately after the Civil War to supervise a number of projects relating to the prison cemetery. Each entry includes the name, rank, unit, and date of death of a Federal prisoner. 2. A partial name index compiled from the Corliss burial list, including only those entries "which differ in names, regiment or company for the record of Federal Dead." The Corliss list, a consolidated register of all Federal prisoners of war who died in Confederate prisons during the war, has not been filmed as part of this microfilm publication, which is confined to records relating exclusively to the Confederate prison at Andersonville. The index is arranged by initial letter of the surname of the prisoner and thereunder by grave number. In addition to the prisoner's name, rank, unit, and date of death, each entry includes the volume, part, and page number of the "Record of Federal Dead" on which the prisoner's death is registered. 3. A list comparing the discrepancies between the Corliss list and the "Record of Federal Dead" in the spelling of the names and in the unit designations of over 5,000 Federal prisoners who were buried at Andersonville. The list, prepared by War Department clerks, is arranged by grave number (16-12,841) and also includes the date of death of the prisoner as well as the spelling of his name and the designation of his unit (company and regiment) as it appears on the Corliss list and in the "Record of Federal Dead." The location of the name in the latter (volume, part, and page number) is given in the column headed "Regt." 4. A list of names of Federal prisoners buried in the smallpox graveyard, arranged by grave number (1-64). For each prisoner the list includes his name, rank, unit, and date of death. A similar but incomplete list, graves 1-60 only, is included at the end of the Corliss list. 5. An unidentified and incomplete list of burials of Federal prisoners at Andersonville, arranged by grave number (1-2356, 5851-7450, and 7501-12,848). For each entry the list shows name, rank, unit, and date of death of the prisoner. 6. An incomplete list of burials at Andersonville of Federal prisoners whose surnames begin with the letters A, B, E, F, G, and H. The list is arranged alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of the prisoner and by grave number thereunder. The listings under the letters E, F, and G cover the period March 1864-April 1865. Those under the letter A, cover the period March-September 1864; under B, January-February 1865; and under H, March- October 1864. Each entry gives the prisoner's name, rank, unit, and date of death. 7. An incomplete list of Federal prisoners from the State of Indiana buried at Andersonville, arranged by grave number (78-4733), and covering the period March 18-August 4, 1864. For each prisoner, the entry gives name, rank, unit, and date of death. Miscellaneous Records The original consolidated monthly statistical reports relating to the Federal prisoners confined at Andersonville, April 1864-April 1865, arranged by month and then bound (volume 110), have been filmed at the beginning of roll 6. The reports are divided into daily entries, each of which gives the total number of prisoners in the stockade and the hospital, and also the number received, recaptured, escaped, transferred, exchanged, paroled, released, and died. A remarks column indicates the place of transfer. These consolidated monthly reports were copied into a volume (vol. 42) by War Department clerks, and these copies have been filmed immediately following volume 110. The next item filmed on roll 6 is a series of provision returns for the Confederate hospital at Andersonville, intermittently maintained and dated between August 1864 and April 1865. There are five kinds of returns: general returns for the entire hospital, returns for the smallpox hospital, returns of acting assistant surgeons, returns of hospital attendants, and returns for "Articles drawn . . . on Special Requisition." Each daily, weekly, or monthly entry on the returns indicates the kinds and amounts of rations issued including beef, bacon, flour, meal, rice, peas, salt, and molasses. Among the returns is a list entitled "Hands who are to remain with U.S. Gov. for 12 months commencing July 1, 1865." For each "hand" the list gives his name, age, height, color of eyes and hair, occupation, place of residence, former master, and general condition of health. This list and the provision returns were forwarded to the War Department by Lieutenant Corliss. The final two items filmed on roll 6 are the original and a copy of a list of Federal prisoners at Andersonville who claimed reimbursement for money taken from them by Confederate officials. The amounts involved rarely exceed $100, most falling within the $1 to $20 range. For each claimant the lists include name, rank, unit, amount claimed, and squad and mess number. The original list (vol. 51) is arranged by squad and mess number (1/1 to 84/3); the copy is arranged by initial letter of surname of the claimant and then by squad and mess number. A few entries have no squad or mess number. In the original list the names of claimants in the prison hospital follow all others. In the copy they are at the end of each letter of the alphabet. Related Records Other records relating to Andersonville prison in RG 249 include general compilations relating to Federal prisoners of war held at several locations in addition to Andersonville. Among these records is a register of all Federal prisoners of war who died in Confederate prisons, 1861-65, referred to above as "Record of Federal Dead." Among the records of the War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109, is a correspondence book, (ch. XI, vol. 227) of Capt. Henry Wirz, May 18, 1864-March 19, 1865, and a volume of reports, 1864, on medical and sanitary conditions at Andersonville. Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army), RG 153, contain the proceedings of the trial by military commission of Capt. Henry Wirz (file MM2975 of the case files of general courts-martial, 1809-1894). The correspondence of Capt. Richard B. Winder, post quartermaster at Andersonville, and Brig. Gen. John H. Winder, post commander, accompanies the Wirz trial records. Correspondence relating to Andersonville prison can also be found in the quartermaster consolidated correspondence file, 1794-1915, in the Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. End

Beginning of part 2 War Demartment Custody of Andersonville Prison Records At the close of the Civil War Union officers seized the Confederate prison records at Andersonville and forwarded them to the War Department at Washington, DC. There, with a few exceptions, the records passed into the custody of the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners and the Archive Office of the War Department. In August 1867 the War Department abolished the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners and directed the transfer of its records and duties to the newly created Prisoners of War Division of the Adjutant General's Office. Over the next 25 years this division furnished information concerning Federal prisoners of war held at Andersonville and other Confederate prisoner-of-war camps to the Army Paymaster General, the Commissioner of Pensions, the Second Auditor of the Treasury Department, and other government offices; made reports and compilations; answered private inquiries; and investigated cases involving requests to correct the records of former Federal prisoners of war. To aid the Prisoners of War Division in its work, the Archive Office copied pertinent Andersonville records in its custody and sent the copies to the Prisoner of War Division. In June 1886 a War Department order directed the former Archive Office (since 1881 the Archive Branch of the Record Division in the Office of the Secretary of War) to transfer to the Prisoners of War Division original Confederate records in its custody which related to Federal prisoners of war. An act of May 9, 1892 (27 Stat. 27), and a War Department order of May 15, 1894, provided for the transfer to the Record and Pension Office of the War Department of all the records reproduced on this microfilm publication, including those which had been in the custody of the Surgeon General's Office. In 1904 the Record and Pension Office was consolidated with the Adjutant General's Office. The records remained in the custody of the Adjutant General's Office until transferred to the National Archives in November 1938. Records Relating to the Departure of Federal Prisoners Confined at Andersonville Reproduced on roll 1 of this microfilm publication is an original register recording the departures of about 30,000 Federal prisoners from the Confederate prison at Andersonville. The two volumes (vols. 2 and 3) comprising this register are arranged alphabetically (A-K and L-z) by the first letter of the prisoner's surname. From February to October 1864, these volumes served solely as a register of deaths at the prison with the entries under each letter of the alphabet arranged chronologically by date of death. Beginning in late October 1864, in addition to recording deaths at the prison, the volumes registered escapes, transfers, and exchanges of prisoners. All the entries for this period, October 1864-April 1865, are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of the prisoner, but there is no further arrangement. The final entries under each letter of the alphabet do not include the date or the nature of the departure. The entries recording escapes, transfers, and exchanges of prisoners for the February-October 1864 period are intermingled among the October 1864-April 1865 entries and are listed together by nature of departure in one chronological sequence under each letter of the alphabet. For example, the entries for the 16 prisoners who escaped from Andersonville between February and October 1864 and whose surnames begin with the letter "S" are listed together under the letter "S" in volume 3. The entries in both volumes give the name, rank, unit (company and regiment), squad and mess number (beginning in September 1864) of each prisoner, and1 except for the entries at the end of each alphabetical breakdown, the date and nature of the departure. In addition, the place of transfer (Millen and Columbia, SC) or exchange (Atlanta and Savannah, GA, or Vicksburg, MS) is often given. The volumes contain many corrections of the spelling of names and of the designation of units made by War Department clerks, mainly in the 1870's and 1880's, as they sought accurate information in order to process pensions and other kinds of claims brought by or in the name of a former prisoner. Records Re1ating to Federal Prisoners Admitted to the Hosnital at Andersonville Filmed on roll 2 is the original hospital register of admittances (vol. 113) kept by Confederate authorities at Andersonville, GA, from February 1864 to April 1865. The entries in the register are arranged by hospital admittance number (1-17,873). The entry for each prisoner includes his name, rank, military unit, a brief description of his illness or injury ("complaint"), the date of his admittance to the hospital, and the date of his return to the prison, the date of his transfer, or the date of his death. A "remarks" column sometimes indicates the place of transfer ("Sent to Pest House," "Transferred to Savannah"), place of death ("Died in Quarters"), or other information ("Escaped") regarding the prisoner. Beginning in March-April 1864, the prisoner's squad and mess number are given. The name index (vols. 111 and 112) to the hospital register has been filmed immediately before it on roll 2. The entries in the two volumes (A-Mand N-z) comprising the index are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of the prisoner and then numerically by his hospital admittance number. In addition to the page number of the register on which a prisoner's name can be found, each name entry includes the prisoner's rank, military unit, and hospital admittance number. In most cases, the entry also contains either the letter D, R, or E to indicate the disposition of the prisoner: dead, returned to prison, or exchanged. The first three volumes (vols. 16, 17, and 23) filmed on roll 3 of this microfilm publication comprise a variant copy of the Andersonville hospital register of admittances prepared from the original by War Department clerks sometime before 1876. Unlike the arrangement of the original register (vol. 113), the entries are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of the prisoner and thereunder by hospital admission number. Volume 16 generally covers the period February-August 1864; volume 17, August-October 1864; and volume 23, October 1864-April 1865. Overlap of dates exists among the volumes for some letters of the alphabet. All the entries under the letters I, Q, U, and Z are recorded in volume 16; all the entries under the letters D, E, J, K, N, 0, P, R, T, V, and Y are registered in volumes 16 and Volume 23 contains only entries under the letters A, B, C, F, G, H, L, N, S, and W. Filmed at the end of roll 3 is an incomplete register of Federal prisoners confined at the prison hospital, August 1864-April 1865, arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of prisoner and thereunder chronologically by date of admittance to the hospital. Unlike the hospital register filmed on roll 2, this register (vol. 4) was maintained by post authorities at Camp Sumter and not by the hospital staff. The register was originally bound as two volumes: August-September 1864 and October 1864-April 1865. The first volume has no entries under the following letters of the alphabet: A, E, I/J, K, N-Q, and T-V. The entries in both volumes give the name, rank, unit, and mess and squad number of the prisoner. end of part 2