6;161 Register of Amnesty Rolls Forwarded, Apr.-May 1865 278 A.R. The first guard force for Rock Island was the 4th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps. MCHS objects 1938-068-0002 (key) and 1938-068-0001 (padlock). 1864- May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0110 Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C. 1863-May 1864 Rf Testers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 299 OCGP 2 Dec. 1863-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0095 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. Those who were held for the remainder of the war were sent to prison camps far from the front lines. The Rock Island Civil War Prison Special | 28m 2s | Video has closed captioning. 25 No. 8, Apr. Rock Island Prisoner of War Camp The microfilm may be scheduled for future scanning. 1865 126 A.R. From Eastern Illinois University 5;163 Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners, Oct. 1863-July 1864 Report of Prisoners on Hand, Feb. 1865 Report of Prisoners Sent to City Point, Va., Feb. 1865 General Registers of Prisoners: 271 G.R. 14 No. The Rock Island Barracks held Confederate prisoners from December 1863 until July 1865. 1 1862-65 219 G.R. 1863-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0094 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. 3;121* Descriptive List of Confederate Prisoners Released, 1863-65 330 2; 117* Register of Deaths, 1863-65 331 H9 Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners, 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0103 332 123 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, 1864-65 333 120 Receipts for Cash, 1864 334 118 Cash Book, 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0104 New Orleans, La. 18 No. By late summer of 1862, the camp held nearly 9,000 prisoners, and the prison conditions deteriorated. In 1864, with the population increasing, the daily rations began to suffer and get smaller. and Captain Julius Welch Camp 229- This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. This index also includes Confederate soldiers who later served with the Union Army. Sons of Confederate Veterans. 12, June 1863-Apr. Prisoners who crossed it would be shot regardless of any reason. Guardhouses were built outside of the fence at each gate. 18; 69 1862 209 A.R. Whenever the pump malfunctioned, the water would come from a small artesian well in the prison compound. 2 Apr. During its two years in operation, the prison camp housed a total of more than 12,400 Confederates. The first prisoners, taken at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, arrived from Chattanooga in December 1863. Four regiments, two battalions, and an artillery battery from the state were captured at Vicksburg, and all or part of nine regiments and one battalion were captured at Port Hudson. He was a member of Company A, 24th Alabama Infantry Regiment. 16 No. Civil War Confederate Prisoners 1861 to 1865 - Ancestry Paths Records contained in this series include: Microfilm series M598 contains records relating to Confederate POWs that were held by Federal authorities at various prisons and stations from 1861 to 1865 (with a few records from 1866). 29;403 No. 1865 134 A.R. Confederate States of America 8;146; 464 Register of Express Packages Re- Ceived for Prisoners and Examined, 1865 280 Unidentified Name Index, [n.d.J, [ digital copy ] Reel 0084 Khoxville, Term. 5;221 Order Book, May 1863-Jan. 1865 Register of Expenditures and Savings, June-July 1864 317 A.R. Inscription on the UDC Monument This documentary tells the story of the Rock Island Civil War Prison and how it acquired the undeserved reputation . 1-26, [n.d.] 72 CC 23 Barracks in Prisons Nos. Updates: Additional support provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council. He later also served in the Union navy. This database contains the names of approximately 6.3 million soldiers who served in the American Civil War. Additional support provided by the Arkansas General Assembly. The Battle of Helena marked another large capture of Confederate troops in the state, with 1,100 men taken prisoner after the battle. after which 442 soldiers of that regiment were transferred to Camp Douglas. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Ainsworth estimated to James Ford Rhodes in 1903 that 193,750 Northerners & 215,000 Southerners were captured and confined. 2 Petty Cash Account Book, May-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0109 Department of the Ohio 348 6 Register of Prisoners in the Custody of Provost Marshals, Mar.-Dec. 1864 Register of Permits Granted to Sutlers for Bringing Supplies, Feb.-Mar. These troops were not captured by Confederates, as Arkansas had not yet left the Union, but rather by pro-secession volunteers, many of whom later did join the Confederate army. Registers of Prisoners: 105 2 1863-64 106 4 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0040 Fort Delaware, Del., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners: 107 4 1863, [ digital copy ] Reel 0041 Fort Delaware, Del., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners: 108 G.R. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. 28;402 No. When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book. Between February and March 1865, over 3,000 prisoners were exchanged and released from the prison. 15 No. 9 No. 4 Register of Deaths of Prisoners, July 1864-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0068 Morning Reports of Military and Political Prisoners: 225 126 July-Dec. 1864 226 127 Jan.-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0069 Registers of Prisoners Money Received: 227 135 July 1864-June 1865 228 134 July-Nov. 1864 229 133 Register of the Disposition of Prisoners Possessions, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0070 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 230 137* July-Dec. 1864 231 138 Aug.-Nov. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0071 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 232 139 1864-65 233 136* Blotter to Ledgers, 1864-65 Check Stubs, FJrst National Bank of Elmra, N.Y.: 234 131 Aug.-Dec. 1864 235 132 Dec. 1864-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0072 Gratiot and Myrtle Streets Prisons, St. Louis, Mo. . 246 5;110 June 1865 247 1; 113* June 1865 248 112* June 1865 249 108 Various Places in Louisiana and at Brownsville, Tex., June-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0076 Registers of Prisoners Petroled at: 250 104 Columbus, Miss., May 1865 Columbus, Miss., and Gainesville, Ala. 251 91 May 1865 252 102 May 1865 253 103 May 1865 254 97 Grenada, Miss., May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0077 Jackson, Miss. Rock Island, Illinois Remembering the Rock Island Prisoner Barracks 3 Apr.-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0042 Registers of Prisoners Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 110 OCGP 2 1863-64, [ digital copy ] Reel 0043 Registers of Prisoners Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 111 OCGP 3 1864-65 112 OCGP 4 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0044 Registers of Prisoners Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 113 A.R. 1865 List of Prisoners Property, [n.d.] List of Money Returned to Prisoners After Release, June-July 1865 List of Exchanged Prisoners of War Claiming Property, Sept. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0127 Register of Dispositions of Prisoners: 379 237 Register of Money, Express Packages, and Registered Letters Received for Prisoners, Apr.-Aug. 186*4- Name Index to Ledger No. Arsenal of Democracy: A History of Rock Island Arsenal from its The database is comprised of four National Archives (NARA) microfilm series (M1303, M598, M2702, and M918). Rock Island Confederate Cemetery--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A The prison, known formally as Rock Island Arsenal, was located on Rock island in the Mississippi River. were placed in a mass grave known as The Confederate Mound. Jr., 1864-June 1865 164-Register of Patients Admitted to the Prison Hospital, Jan.- July 1864 List of Clothing Belonging to Officers in the Hospital, 1864 List of Kitchen Workers, 1864 List of Clothing Issued to Bakers, Sept. 1864 165-Register of Patients Admitted to the Prison Hospital, July 1864- May 1865 166 A.R. Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M2072, 1 roll); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M918, 1 roll); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Register of departures of prisoners from Andersonville, Register of admittances to the prison hospital (original and copy), Register of prisoners confined at the prison hospital, Register of prisoners deaths and burials (original and copy), Lists of prisoners claiming reimbursement for money taken from them by Confederate authorities, Consolidated monthly strength reports of prisoners (original and copy), Series of provision returns of the prison hospital, Name index to the original hospital register of admittances, Partial name index to one of the burial lists, Registers of prisoners applications for release and decisions, Descriptive lists of prisoners and deserters, Register of prisoners ordered to be released, Register of applications made for release of prisoners, Register of unclaimed money and valuables belonging to prisoners, Register of the effects of deceased prisoners, Permits granted by the Commissary General of Prisoners for clothing for the prisoners, Numeric report of prisoners received, transferred, paroled, released, and deceased, Register of Confederate and Federal soldiers and civilians sentenced, Register of prisoners discharged and released, Register of prisoners transferred and escaped. Registers of Prisoners: 104 1 1862-63, [ digital copy ] Reel 0039 Department of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn. Rock Island Confederate Cemetery - Find a Grave This project is funded in part by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant award. There is a James T. Reeves, on page 14318, who was the fifth prisoner recorded in the Re index section. 1864-May 1865 Prisoners Statements Giving Other Persons the Power to Receive Their Letters, Money, and Packages, 1864-65 98 35 Unidentified Name Index, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0037 Cincinnati, Ohio 37 General Registers of Prisoners: 99 G.R. 72201. Roll of Confederate prisoners of war, paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, May 1865 Lists of Confederates captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863, NARA pub M2072 Confederate States army casualties: lists and narrative reports NARA pub M836 Ohio. 17 No. Over the following twenty months the camp housed over 12,000 prisoners of war from the South of whom almost 2,000 would perish there. 378 Register of Officer Prisoners in Various Prison Divisions, 1864 160 A.R. 4 Register of Deaths, Jan. 1864- June 1865 Registers of Burials: 67 A.R. 2, Dec. 1864-Mar. All of the men were eventually exchanged in Virginia, and most served with the Army of Tennessee for the remainder of the war. 1 Apr. 1862 44 191 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, June-Aug. 1862 45 192 Register of Money Sent to Prisoner?-. 79 194 A.R. Also available on microfilm and digital images. 10; 171 Register of Prisoners Discharged and Released, June 1863- June 1865 32 A.R. Search is free but access to the books is reserved for Premium members. 1863 101 G.R. 1865 120 A.R. 7 No. 5; Register of Confederate and Federal 1 Soldiers and Civilians Sentenced, 1862-65 A.R. U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 - Ancestry 3 Descriptive List of Prisoners, in the Custody of the District Provost Marshal, Who Took Oaths of Amnesty or Allegiance, Mar. Six hundred and forty-seven thousand prisoners were captured by the North and South in the Civil War. About U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 This collection includes records of Confederate prisoners of war from the United States. Entire regiments were formed from these prisoners and saw action on the western frontier against Native Americans. 1861-62 List of Prisoners Received From Henderson, Ky., Jan. 10, 1863 List of Political Prisoners Paroled at Columbus, Ohio, Oct.-Nov. 1862 List of Prisoners for Exchange, 1863-61* List of Prisoners, Jan.-May 1863 Roll Call Books for Prison No. Alcatraz - Prison, Location & Al Capone - History 2) M-Z, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0116 Registers of Prisoners: 358 1 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0117 Registers of Prisoners: 359 2 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0118 Registers of Prisoners: 360 3 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0119 Registers of Prisoners: 361 4 1865 362 6 Register of Prisoners Escaped, Released, and Deceased, Aug. 1863-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0120 363 5 Register of Prisoners Transferred From Point Lookout, Sept. 1863-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0121 364 3 (pts.1 and2) Register of Prisoners Transferred 1 and 2) to and Received From Hammond General Hospital, Oct. 1863- Apr. 85;85 Statistical Reports of Prisoners, Dec. 1864-June 1865 207 A.R. Originally constructed in 1771 by the British, the fort has had a long and distinguished history, active . The microfilm may have been scanned, but have a contractual, data privacy, or other restriction preventing access. Creating an account gives you access to all these features. U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, Provided in association with National Archives and Records Administration. 28, 1865 141 A.R.23 No.29, 1865 142 A.R.36;413 No.30, 1865 143 A.R.35;412 No.31, 1865 144 A.R.34 No.31, 1865 145 A.R.33 No.33, 1865 146 A.R.31;405 No.34, 1865 147 A.R.30[1]404 No.35, 1865 148 A.R.30[2]416 No.36, 1865 149 A.R.38;415 No.37, 1865 150 A.R.37 No.38, 1865 151 A.R.22;387 No.39, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0046 Registers of Prisoners From: 152 A.R. The Mystery of James T. Reeves, Confederate Prisoner Major funding provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. 13 Sept. 1863-Aug. 1864 303 A.R. 1864 288 A,R. There was no hospital. 2;225 General Register of Civilian Prisoners, Apr. The first groups of prisoners arrived at the prison on December 3, 1863. . 2, (July 1974), Seton of Parbroath, in Scotland and America, C.T.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans Two officers of the Eighteenth Arkansas Infantry jumped into the Mississippi River as they were being transported north after being captured at Port Hudson in the summer of 1863. Each individuals name has been indexed and is searchable in this database. [3] 14;81 Apr.Dec. For more information about the "A List of Confederate Citizen Prisoners Held at the United States Military Prison at Little Rock, Arkansas." Pulaski County Historical Review 36 (Winter 1988): 82-92. Reasons why microfilms may not yet be available digitally on FamilySearch.org include: FamilySearch Terms of Use (Updated 2021-09-27) | Privacy Notice (Updated 2021-04-06), 2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Rock Island Arsenal - Wikipedia 7;141 Oct. 1864-May 1865 224 A.R. Federal commanders tasked with providing for these prisoners struggled to offer adequate medical care, and many died from smallpox. 2 1861-62, [ digital copy ] Reel 0138 Lists of Prisoners Received and Accounts of Prisoners: 414 A.R. Each barrack would have 60 double bunks and would house 120 prisoners. Prisoners of war - Civil War Family 10;66 Memoranda Book, 1862 215 A.R.23;71 Miscellaneous Record Book, 1862: List of Stolen Articles, June 1862 List of Articles Taken From Prisoners in the Search of Their Quarters, June 1862 Letters Received by the Provost Marshals Office, June-Aug. 1862 Lists of Packages Received for and Delivered to Prisoners, July-Sept. 1862 List of Kitchen Equipment, 1862 List of White Oak Guards, 1862 List of Passes Issued, 1862 216 A.R. Rock Island County - Register of Confederate soldiers and Sailors Who Died at Arsenal Island, Rock Island, Illinois While Prisoners of War scanned book at FamilySearch Register of Confederate Soldiers Who Died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 and Lie Buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ills., 1892 scanned book at Archive.org. A total of 4,800 troops were captured in the battle, and the enlisted men were sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, while the officers were sent Camp Chase and Fort Delaware, Delaware. The prison camp was comprised of 84 prisoner barracks, each being 100 feet long, 22 feet wide and 12 feet high. 1, [n.d.] 380 239 Register of Express Packages and Registered Letters Received for Prisoners, July l86k- June 1865 List of Prisoners Money, June 186*4 Feb. 1865 381 255 Register of the Receipt and Delivery of Express Packages for Prisoners and of Packages Received From Prisoners for Shipping by the Adams Express Co., 1865 List of Unclaimed Boxes Sent to Prisoners, Apr.-May 1865 Registers of the Receipt and Delivery of Packages to Prisoners; 382 257 Nov. 1863-Mar. Civil War Prison Camps - CIVIL WAR SAGA Officers were typically held longer than enlisted men but were often eventually released. Rock Island was a government-owned island in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline, Illinois. Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. It is now home of First Army headquarters, and the US Army's Center of Excellence for Additive Manufacturing. 1864-June 1865 Department of the Missouri 322 Register of Prisoners, Mar.-Apr. Title: List of Confederate prisoners by state interned at Rock Island, Illinois, 1863-1865 Publisher: List of Confederate prisoners by state interned at Rock Island, Illinois, 1863-1865 Number of pages: 89 pages Year: 1998 - 1998 Language: English Topics: Geography, United States, Illinois The register is generally organized alphabetically by name of prison or hospital and then alphabetically by name of the deceased. and Cemetery, Haywood Co. Men Known to be buried at 2 July 1863-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0089 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners: 294 G.R. The officers were eventually exchanged as well, but the regiments were reorganized, often with new officers. 1 General Register of Prisoners, Aug. 1863-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0054 Registers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 189 OCGP 1; G.R. The remainingprisoners were released on parole throughout May, June, and July. He and his comrades had been captured during a bloody battle at Plymouth, North Carolina. These records are arranged alphabetically by the name of the state each unit was from, then by type of unit, regiment number, and company. 427 July 1863 116 A.R. 4;162 Reports of Prisoners Received, Transferred, and Released, July 1864-Sept. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0083 277 A.R. 384 1864-65 156 -Virginia Organizations in Prison Divisions Nos. I recommend reviewing the first few pages ofreel 0001 which gives an overview of the entire series and will guide you to the correct section for your interest. 14 Oct. 1863-May 1865 304 A.R. 1863-June 1864 312 G.R. 13;183 Register of Prisoners Transferred and Escaped, June 1863- May 1865 34 A.R. Small-scale engagements broke out across the state throughout the war, often leading to the capture of a handful of troops at a time. The Alton Military Prison. 1865 127 A.R. 10 or Fort Donelson and returned to service. Rock Island was previously used as the summer camp site for Sauk Native Americans, and the dispute over tribal ownership led to the Black Hawk War of 1832, after the primary leader of the Sauk, Black Hawk. The Union victories at Shiloh and Island No. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1963. This item is available on microfilm at this FamilySearch center. Congressional Prisoner of the Confederacy: Alfred Ely (1815-1892), Rochester Public Library. Some prison camps were more notorious than others. Search For Prisoners - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) The enlisted men captured at Fort Donelson were sent to Camp Butler, Illinois, while the officers were held in Boston Harbor at Fort Warren. Pre-European Exploration, Prehistory through 1540, European Exploration and Settlement, 1541 through 1802, Louisiana Purchase through Early Statehood, 1803 through 1860, Civil War through Reconstruction, 1861 through 1874, Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age, 1875 through 1900, Early Twentieth Century, 1901 through 1940, World War II through the Faubus Era, 1941 through 1967, Divergent Prosperity and the Arc of Reform, 19682022, Civil War through Reconstruction (1861 - 1874). Alton's Pows - Northern Illinois University 3; Register of Deaths, 1862-65 153* 276 A.R. The prison had a "dead-line" inside the . 9 Register of Deaths, Releases, and Exchanges, Jan. -June 1865 201 A.R. The Union navy also sometimes lost men as prisoners of war after its boats were attacked on Arkansas waterways. It contained eighty-four barracks that held 10,080 prisoners. 25, 1865 138 A.R. The Alton Military Prison - Madison County Historical Society Research of: D. John Trull Jr. 1865 337 A.R. 1863-May 1864 Rf Testers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 300 OCGP 3 1864-65 Registers of Political Prisoners: 301 A.R. 6 July-Aug. 1864 223 A.R. 3-35, 1865 159 A.R. 3 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0066 221 OCGP Register of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0067 Registers of Prisoners: 222 A.R. 1865 390 251 Various Prison Divisions, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0130 Richmond, Va.391 Register of Oaths of Allegiance Taken at Richmond, 1865 392 3 Lists Relating to Paroled Prisoners, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0131 Rock Island Barracks, 111., Military Prison 393 G.R.

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