Hello, I am writing in the hope of finding out how to verify that my ggrandfather Darwin OLNEY was a prisoner at Andersonville. He enlisted in the Union Army as a private in Michigan, on 19 Aug 1861 for a period of three years. He was detailed in the Quartermaster Department (Regimental Commissary). At the end of 1863 he was "discharged by virtue of re-enlistment" at Stevensburg, VA. On the company muster roll for Sep 1864 he is listed as "absent" with the remark "taken by Moseby 9 Sep 1864". In one entry in the Regimental Descriptive book he was described as "taken prisoner near Charlestown by Moseby October 8, 1864 and died at Andersonville, Ga." Another entry reports him as a "prisoner of war 8 Sep 1864 Bipen, Va; 1865 loss formally reported: prisoner of war." A memorandum from Prisoner of war records stated "captured at Smithfield, Va September, 29 Aug 1864confined at Richmond, Va., 20 Sep 1864 sent to Danville, Va ." A memorandum from the Adjutant General's office dated 14 Dec 1867 states "taken prisoner by Moseby 9 Sep 1864, dropped from all susequent rolls on file. No evidence of death on file." However his wife's application for pension contains an eyewitness account of his death on 15 Feb 1865 at Salisbury Prison, NC. I believe he was among those transferred there when Andersonville was closed. Sadly he died less than two weeks before he would have been released. I would appreciate any help you could give me in verifying that Darwin was indeed a prisoner at Andersonville. Thanks in advance for your help. Irene at skiandfox@aol.com