TIP #294 - PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS - PART 2: OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY, Columbus, OH Date Opened: July 30 1863 as prisoner of war camp Prisoners: Confederate, including John Hunt Morgan and 30 of his men. Size: 3 story stone building, barred windows and doors on cell blocks. Conditions: No visitors, heads shaved, convict clothes, bread and water diet. Deaths: Morgan and six of his officers escaped. No record shown on deaths. OLD CAPITOL PRISON, Washington, D. C. Date Opened: Not shown. Prisoners: North and South, spies. Size: Not shown Conditions: Old and dilapidated, high fences, ironed bars added. Deaths: Not shown, many hangings. POINT LOOKOUT, MD. Peninsula where Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Date Opened: 1 August 1863 Prisoners: Confederate?, enlisted men Size: 2 buildings, one covering 10 acres and one 30 acres, 15 foot highfence. Conditions: Overcrowded tents, no protection from the weather. Rats eaten to survive. Scarcity of water, much pollution. Contention between prisoners and guards. Deaths: Not reported CASTLE THUNDER: Unable to find location. Date Opened: Not shown - 1863. After Richmond fell 1865, Union troops used. Prisoners: Union, political prisoners, spies and those charged with treason. Size and Description: Converted tobacco warehouse. Conditions: Greatly feared by all. Brutality well known. ROCK ISLAND: Island in the Mississippi River between Davenport, IA and Rock Island, IL Date Opened: Not shown. Prisoners: Confederate. Size and Description: Shanties. Conditions: Horrid sanitation, inadequate water supply and poor drainage, smallpox. 5,000 prisoners there in December 1863. Deaths: Over 600 within three months. Total estimated at 1,960 prisoners and 171 guards. SALISBURY PRISON: Salisbury, North Carolina Date Opened as Camp: 2 Nov 1861 Prisoners: Union, deserters, spies and Southerners deemed disloyal. Size and Description: Abandoned cotton factory. Located near rail line, included brick factory and boarding houses. Conditions: Fresh water, well fed. Board fence. Over 2000 prisoners in early 1864; by Oct 1864, 10,000 prisoners. Had to put in tents, mud huts or holes in the ground. Death: Only one reported but camp deteriorated into a sanitation nightmare. See: http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/civilwar.html To be continued next week with a look at prisoner exchanges and other events surrounding these camps. (c) Copyright 1 June 2000, Sandra K.Gorin. All rights reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ==== KYRESEARCH Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send message to KYRESEARCH-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and say unsubscribe in the message.