Imprisioned On Morris Island John O'Neille Frink (1 of 600) 3 brothers joined; William Pinkney Frink, (married Amanda Lennon). He was killed in the Civil war 17 December 1862 at the battle of Goldsboro Bridge. Lorenzo Dow Frink, killed in the Civil war at age 17. John O'Neille Frink survived and wrote: " I was with about 3,000 others sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware in August, 1864, a Leiutenant in charge of the prision came in one morning and gave us to understand that he was after 600 officers ranking from Lieutenants to Colonels, and hinted that we were to be exchanged. So he commenced calling the names out, and I became one of the 600." "All thought we were going to be exchanged, but we were landed, after about eighteen days on that steamer, it was at Morris Island in front of Charleston, NC." " We were kept there for 42 days and nights, and our only rations was three and a half pints of corn meal gruel a day; no meat; coffee or anything else. After this forty two days, we were moved to Fort Pulaski Georgia until General Lee surrendered. We were sent back to Fort Delaware, Delaware. While down there I contracted the scurvey and I did not get able to travel until the 11th day of June, 1865." "I was paraoled and sent to Philadelphia, thence to Baltimore and then to Petersburg, Virginia and from there to Wilmington, North Carolina. I was then 45 miles from home. There was a railroad past my home but it was not in operation. I was not able to walk except upon crutches and I started to walk home on my crutches. I walked about ten miles the first day and stayed at a farm house for the night. Next morning, I started out again and had to sit down to rest about 10 o'clock. While sitting there a covered wagon came up. I hailed the driver and he was a man who lived about two miles from my home and I got home O.K., but walking on crutches". (John O'Neille Frink) Born 9 July 1843, Columbus Co., NC. Son of John and Annie Jane (Gore) Frink, farmer. 1860 census: Whiteville PO, Columbus Co, NC; farmer; single, living w/parents. Enlisted as PVT, 23 Apr 1861, in Co. H "Columbus Vigilants", 18th NC Inft. in Columbus Co. Promoted to CPL, Nov/Dec. 1862. Promoted to SGT, Jan/FEb 1863. Captured at Chancellorsville 3 May 1863. Exchanged at City Point, VA, 13 May 1863. Cited "for bravery at Chancellorsville for carrying the colors after two color-bearers had been shot down." Promoted to Color SGT, 3 July 1863 and transferred to F&S . Appointed Ensign (1st Lt), 2 May 1864, Captured at Spotsylvania Courthouse, 12 May 1864. Recieved at Ft. Delaware from Belle Plain, 17 May 1864. Forwarded to Charleston, SC., 20 Aug 1864. Transferred to FT. Pulaski, GA, 21 Oct 1864. On roll, Ft. Pulaski, 26 Dec 1864. Received at Ft. Delaware, 12 March 1865. In hospital, Ft. Delaware, 13 March - 7 May 1865, 6 - 13 June, 1865. Took Oath and released, Ft. Delaware, 10 June 1865. Residence: Coumbus Co., NC; light conplexion, brown hair, blue eyes, 6'0", lived in Div. 38. He went to Texas in 1871; postmaster at Taylor, Williamson Co., TX, for ten years and mayor of the town for four years. Moved to San Angelo, Tom Green Co., TX in 1906; Justice of Peace from 1920 - 1926. Brig. Gen. of Texas Div., UCV in 1923. Married (1) Amanda Mortimer Powell, 31 May 1866, in Columbus Co., NC had two children. (2) Frances Adalaide Powell, in Texas (cousin of 1st wife); ca. 1872 had three children. Died 13 Apr 1926. Buried in Fairmount Cem., San Angelo.) Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 From: Doris Pyle Haynes <<[email protected]> On 20 August 1864, a chosen group of 600 Confederate Officers left Ft. Delaware, as prisoners of war, bound for the Union Army base at Hilton Head, SC. They were to be placed in a stockade in front of Union batteries at the seige of Charleston. They were placed on Morris Island, at the mouth of the harbor in an open 1 1/2 acre pen, under shelling of friendly artillery fire. This was in retaliation for the conditions of Union prisoners at Andersonville, GA. and Salisbury, NC. On Oct 21, after 45 days under fire, the weakened survivors were removed to Ft. Pulaski, Ga., here crowded into the cold, damp casemates of the fort. On 19 Nov., 197 of the men were sent back to Hilton Head to relieve the overcrowding. Here they spend another 45 days on starvation rations. 13 died at Ft. Pulaski and 5 more at Hilton Head. On 12 March, 1865, the remaining members of this group were returned to Ft. Delaware where an additional 25 died., thus leaving their numbers about one-third what it began. They were not released until July 1865. This group of men became known throughout the south as The Immortal Six-Hundred. Several books have been written about them. ["Immortal Captives" tells their story from letters, diaries and records from the Archives. And "The Biographical Sketches of the Immortal Six Hundred" (what I quoted from) both were written by Mauriel Joslyn 837 Jones St. - Sparta, GA. 31087. Also available at the White Mane Publishing Co., Inc. - P.O. Box 152 - Shippenburg, PA - 17257-0152] (Portion above From: Doris Pyle Haynes <[email protected]>) submitted by: ken frink [email protected] [email protected] 216 Beach Park Lane Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-5003 Home of The *HARRISON* Repository & *MY FAMILY* http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/harintro.htm My Family WWW: http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/index.htm LINDSAY & HARRISON Surnames & CSA-HISTORY Roots Mail List GENCONNECT: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html Data Managed by beautiful daughter Becky Bass Bonner and me, Josephine Lindsay Bass