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