Document Archive, Tennesee Division Sons of the Confederacy On this page, there are two documents of interest especially to our list: Nine Months in a Nothern Prison, an article by Sgt. G. W. D.Porter, 44th Tenn. Infantry The Trial of Major Henry Wirz: A National Disgrace by Captain Glen LaForce (I haven't read either yet, and I am not responsible for their content! But both look interesting.) These are zipped .doc/.wri files. http://www.tennessee-scv.org/archive.html Sue morgana@ghg.net

I am interested in any accounts which give me some idea of the life and conditions in two CW prisons, "Military Prison" in Louisville, KY and "Fort Delaware" in Delaware. My g-g-grandfather, a Confederate soldier of The Army of Tennessee, Company D, 3rd Battalion of the Mississippi Infantry, was captured by the Federals December 1864 in Franklin, TN. He was in the Kentucky prison in Louisville and then transferred to Fort Delaware, according to National Archives records. Any information on these two camps would be greatly appreciated; or if anyone out there knows of an individual who does lookups for these two camps, I would appreciate knowing where I may contact that person. With Gratitude, Lisa R. csadautr@aol.com

Rock Island Civil War Prison Barracks A short history of the facility at Rock Island http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrockis/plac_hist/hist-cp.htm Sue morgana@ghg.net

Ft. McHenry, the "Baltimore Bastille" This is a brief history of Ft. McHenry's use as a POW facility http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~etowner/cw2b.html Sue morgana@ghg.net

VA 24th Infantry Hall of Fame This listing includes the name and story of a number of soldiers who were captured and served time as POWs http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2320/Hallofhonor.html Sue morgana@ghg.net

the book "Story of Camp Chase by William H. Knauss" is the best their is. I think Camp Chase was a "debriefing" place for many released union prisoners as well as a prison camp for Confederates. Thomas -----Original Message----- From: BJacobs336@aol.com <BJacobs336@aol.com> To: CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com <CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, December 26, 1998 2:23 PM Subject: [CW-POW-L] Camp Chase, Ohio >My great grandfather was in Company A 7th Regement of the Kentucky Volunteers. >He was captured by the rebels September, 1862 in Estill County KY.,paroled >and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio. >Not being a student of the Civil Was I have some questions. >What does it mean he was 'paroled' and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio? It was in the >North. Who ran the camp? Is there a description of Camp Chase? Was there a >hospital there? It states he was sick. >Thank you for your insight. >Barbara >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E896A415EA10BFA3B9BDB1DC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Folks, does anybody know the answer to Mary Lou's question? Sue --------------E896A415EA10BFA3B9BDB1DC Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <MaryLReed@aol.com> Received: from imo16.mx.aol.com (imo16.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.6]) by mailman.ghg.net (8.9.1/8.9.1/GHG 1.2) with ESMTP id LAA05080 for <morgana@ghg.net>; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 11:50:45 -0600 (CST) From: MaryLReed@aol.com Received: from MaryLReed@aol.com by imo16.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id 3WHFa18793 for <morgana@ghg.net>; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:03:36 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <1be1bf4d.36867678@aol.com> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:03:36 EST To: morgana@ghg.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [TNSUMNER-L] New CW Site Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 86 X-DPOP: DPOP Version 2.1i Sue, Do you have any information on Christopher Columbus TATE who was in McNeil's Company K out of Independence AR. I believe they were mustered out to Ft Donelson, which was captured early in the Civil War and taken to Crown Point IN. I have heard his name is on a monument there as having died at the camp. But this is incorrect, if indeed this is the same person, which details seem to indicate. He returned to Pike Co AR and raised a family. He was my gggrandfather. Pike Co lists where he applied and was granted a pension. thanks, Mary Lou --------------E896A415EA10BFA3B9BDB1DC--

Just wanted to let you know I have many links to CW sites as well as to Union and Confederate regiments. You can access them through my Civil War webpage. Hope it is a help to someone. Nikki Home Page http://home.ptd.net/~nikki Civil War Pages http://home.ptd.net/~nikki/civilwar.htm American Revolution Pages http://home.ptd.net/~nikki/american.htm

Personel Roster of the 32nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Co B This site includes the indication of which soldiers were taken prisoner, although it does not indicate which camps they were incarcerated in. http://narn.jumpgate.net/~rbone/roster.htm Sue morgana@ghg.net

At 08:54 PM 12/26/98 -0600, you wrote: >It's called Brothers Bound...please check it out and let me know >what you think! > >We will be updating it from time to time, and when I do, I will >let everybody know so we can get the best links and let everybody >who wants it have a chance to get their queries posted. > >the address is: > >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~south1/bound.htm > >Sue >morgana@ghg.net > Hi Sue, The website looks great! I've added a link on my 18th Georgia site. Allen **************************************************************************** Allen D. Atkinson allenatk@mindspring.com Atkinson/Kilgore Genealogy Page: <http://www.mindspring.com/~allenatk/genealogy.htm> Atkinson/Kilgore Family Home Page: <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/t/k/Allen-D-Atkinson/index.html> 18th Georgia Infantry Home Page: <http://www.mindspring.com/~allenatk/infantry.htm> Allen's World: <http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/2043/>

It's called Brothers Bound...please check it out and let me know what you think! We will be updating it from time to time, and when I do, I will let everybody know so we can get the best links and let everybody who wants it have a chance to get their queries posted. the address is: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~south1/bound.htm Sue morgana@ghg.net

Elmira Prison Camp... This is an excellent page for those who are researching Elmira...there are maps, reading lists, links, and history of its service. http://www2.netdoor.com/~52rcourt/elmiran.htm Sue morgana@ghg.net

My great grandfather was in Company A 7th Regement of the Kentucky Volunteers. He was captured by the rebels September, 1862 in Estill County KY.,paroled and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio. Not being a student of the Civil Was I have some questions. What does it mean he was 'paroled' and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio? It was in the North. Who ran the camp? Is there a description of Camp Chase? Was there a hospital there? It states he was sick. Thank you for your insight. Barbara

To those that have responded, thanks and I will get back as time warrants. This is another call for any members that have info on the 3rd Tn. Cav. and or those brave men that served in this unit. I am interested in any letters, diaries, etc. that may be out there as I am building a compendium on the aforementioned unit. To those that have sent pics I am also very happy to hear from you. I will try if with some help scan and send out a pic of Pvt, Charles M. Eldridge, 3rd Tn. Cav. Company G. the last survivor of the Sultana and one of those held at Cahaba Prison. Again Thanks to All, David ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

--WebTV-Mail-1810134026-2172 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Larry, Have you checked out the Civil War Database at www.civilwardata.com? It takes a subscription to access their database, but it's only $25.00 a year. I have used it many times and found it most helpful. In fact I've found 3 of my ancestors. I found your ancestor. It has his enlistment date. Some of the regiments have a regimental history, but his doesn't. Hope this helps. Bil Atherton Bill & Betty --WebTV-Mail-1810134026-2172 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.99) by postoffice-121.bryant.webtv.net; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 14:02:46 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <CW-POW-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id OAA11801; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 14:02:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA24309; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:58:59 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:58:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <016601be2f88$99fe7340$0a7fcbc1@gwalden.sw.cybersurf.de> From: "Geoff Walden" <gwalden@sw.cybersurf.de> Old-To: "Larry Miller" <lmiller@ezl.com>, <CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CW-POW-L] Camp Douglas, Chicago Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 22:57:57 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2110.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Resent-Message-ID: <"OhJnCB.A.-6F.hkrg2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/180 X-Loop: CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: CW-POW-L-request@rootsweb.com The 5th Ky. Cav. was indeed one of Gen. John Hunt Morgan's units. The regiment was captured nearly entirely at the end of Morgan's Ohio Raid in July 1863, and never reconstituted. Most of the men went into prison at Camps Douglas and Morton. I know of no web sites such as you asked about ... it would great if there were. The best reference I have seen on Camp Douglas is George Levy's book "To Die in Chicago" (Evanston, 1994). Arthur Terrill was a Pvt. in Co. G, 5th Ky. Cav., but I don't have any more info on him (source: "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Confederate Kentucky Volunteers, War 1861-65" (Frankfort, 2 vols., 1915, 1918). Geoff Walden Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1703 Elizabethtown, KY gwalden@sw.cybersurf.de -----Original Message----- From: Larry Miller <lmiller@ezl.com> To: CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com <CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 4:35 AM Subject: [CW-POW-L] Camp Douglas, Chicago >Can anyone point me to a place on the web that has information regarging >Camp Douglas that was in Chicago. I found two sites that give brief >overviews and bibliographies of books that give more information, but has >anyone done any posting as to the soldiers who were interned there? > >We have a release document for Arthur Terrill (which I can't find at the >moment to get the date of release!However I don remember that it was near >the end of the war.), but I can't determine the rank and the unit appears >to be 5 Ky Cav. I have searched several sites that list confederate units >and can find no reference to the 5 Ky Cav. I did find one site that >indicated Morgan may have had a 5th regiment in his cavalry, but I can't >find the reference now. > >Any help? (other than I need to be more organized and remember where >things are!) > >Larry Miller >Edwardsville IL > >______________________________ --WebTV-Mail-1810134026-2172--

May you each have a joyous season this year. Thank you all for helping me get this list off to such a great start. Sue morgana@ghg.net

The 5th Ky. Cav. was indeed one of Gen. John Hunt Morgan's units. The regiment was captured nearly entirely at the end of Morgan's Ohio Raid in July 1863, and never reconstituted. Most of the men went into prison at Camps Douglas and Morton. I know of no web sites such as you asked about ... it would great if there were. The best reference I have seen on Camp Douglas is George Levy's book "To Die in Chicago" (Evanston, 1994). Arthur Terrill was a Pvt. in Co. G, 5th Ky. Cav., but I don't have any more info on him (source: "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Confederate Kentucky Volunteers, War 1861-65" (Frankfort, 2 vols., 1915, 1918). Geoff Walden Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1703 Elizabethtown, KY gwalden@sw.cybersurf.de -----Original Message----- From: Larry Miller <lmiller@ezl.com> To: CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com <CW-POW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 4:35 AM Subject: [CW-POW-L] Camp Douglas, Chicago >Can anyone point me to a place on the web that has information regarging >Camp Douglas that was in Chicago. I found two sites that give brief >overviews and bibliographies of books that give more information, but has >anyone done any posting as to the soldiers who were interned there? > >We have a release document for Arthur Terrill (which I can't find at the >moment to get the date of release!However I don remember that it was near >the end of the war.), but I can't determine the rank and the unit appears >to be 5 Ky Cav. I have searched several sites that list confederate units >and can find no reference to the 5 Ky Cav. I did find one site that >indicated Morgan may have had a 5th regiment in his cavalry, but I can't >find the reference now. > >Any help? (other than I need to be more organized and remember where >things are!) > >Larry Miller >Edwardsville IL > >______________________________

Shirley, In a message dated 12/23/98, you sent the following: <<Hi Anne, I think you intended to send this to CW-POW-L , but it,s addressed to me. You seem to have a lot of information about Point Lookout that I have never seen anywhere before. I would like to take you up on your offer to do lookups in the book that you have, I appreciate it very much. My gggrandfather enlisted in Tenn.; Morristown. Pvt. Elisha Chaney, 60th Tenn Mtd Inf., Co. A or H He died there Dec 24, 1863. Where did you get the medical information? Happy Holidays and Thanks again---- Shirlet>> Your ancestor, Pvt. Elisha Chaney, Company A, 60th Tennessee Infantry Regiment is listed in Edwin Beitzell's book, which, incidentally can be ordered online through Amazon.com. It's title is Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates. I don't recall the price, but you can access the site and it will tell you how much. I got the medical information by requesting my gggrandfather's military records from NARA, the National Archives in Washington, DC. You have to request a form from them, fill it out and return it to them. After that they will send you all records they have on your ancestor. There is a small fee, but I cannot remember how much; they will tell you however, before you place your request. I would suspect that he died of a type of fever, such as my gggf did as the camp was a breeding ground for all types of diseases and very little medical attention was given to Southerners. If you buy the book and read it, you will be disgusted at the treatment given the Southerners. Pt. Lookout Prison Camp was ten times worse than the Confederate's Andersonville Prison in Georgia, made so popular to hate by movies, books, etc., all aimed to make the Confederates out to be devils of the worst kind... I don't know where you live, but if you can ever get to Maryland, do try to visit Point Lookout. It is a sobering experience! Anne

Can anyone point me to a place on the web that has information regarging Camp Douglas that was in Chicago. I found two sites that give brief overviews and bibliographies of books that give more information, but has anyone done any posting as to the soldiers who were interned there? We have a release document for Arthur Terrill (which I can't find at the moment to get the date of release!However I don remember that it was near the end of the war.), but I can't determine the rank and the unit appears to be 5 Ky Cav. I have searched several sites that list confederate units and can find no reference to the 5 Ky Cav. I did find one site that indicated Morgan may have had a 5th regiment in his cavalry, but I can't find the reference now. Any help? (other than I need to be more organized and remember where things are!) Larry Miller Edwardsville IL

Everyone has been great about helping and sharing information,especially Sue who has been working overtime putting her heart and soul into this list. I have a compliation from the National Archives of Confederate military and civilians who died in union P.O.W. camps and would be happy to do look-ups,with-in reason. I ask that you limit your request to one or two at a time,please. Also please email your request to me privately rather than posting them to the list. I will need the given name or initials as well as the surname to do the look-up. A unit or state that your relative served in would also be helpful,if available. Sue,ask away................ Jim Casper jcasper@lcc.net