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Susan Canney

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Dec 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/1/96
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Hi,
Can anyone recommend any books on Confederate Civil War prison camps.
Are there records available for ancestors who were once detained in
them?

Susan
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Susan Canney

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John Gross

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Dec 3, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/3/96
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susan....@sad.org (Susan Canney) wrote:
>Hi,
> Can anyone recommend any books on Confederate Civil War prison camps.
>Are there records available for ancestors who were once detained in
>them?
>
> Susan
>

Post this to <alt.war.civil.usa> as others there know more about
prisons than I do. Do you want to know about a specific prison
camp or just a general book?


John Gross confe...@worldnet.att.net


paul petersen

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Dec 3, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/3/96
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> Can anyone recommend any books on Confederate Civil War prison camps. Are there records available for ancestors who were once detained
in them?

hi susan, here's one you may be interested in;
"The Journal of Alfred Ely A Prisoner of War in Richmond. 1861"
"Being a list of Union officers and soldiers who have been, or are now,
imprisoned in the Southern States, was prepared with great care by the
Hon.Alfred Ely. It gives the name , rank, company, regiment, and place
of confinement of each person." an original copy of the work now on
file at ct.state library.

"Scraps from the Prison Table at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island
by Barbiere 1868" an original work on file at ct.state library.
showing name, rank regiment, co. where captured, when captured.

"The Story of Camp Chase" by Knauss 1906, an original copy on file
at ct.state library. Being a history of the prison and its
cmemtery together with other cemeteries where confederate prisoners
are buried ect. showing grave number, name, organization and company,
date died.

folks who would like to have SURNAME copy's of pages from these
vols are invited to send email...we charge $5 plus 15c per copy
plus postage, we bill on invoice.

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Samuel L. Thomas, Jr.

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Dec 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/6/96
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susan....@sad.org (Susan Canney) wrote:

>Hi,


> Can anyone recommend any books on Confederate Civil War prison camps.
>Are there records available for ancestors who were once detained in
>them?

> Susan


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The largest prison camp was purported to be Andersonville (,Georgia).
It's about 130 miles south of Atlanta. There is a cemetary there,
which has to be the largest I've ever seen. During the Civil War,
prisoners were loaded onto boxcars and brought south by rail. There
are many historical documents written about it and even a movie called
"Andersonville".

... Sam


Susan Canney

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Dec 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/6/96
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John,
I've sent away for my great grandfather's military/pension records
from the Federal Archives. I don't know which prison camp he and his
brother were in but I thought if there were any history books about them
I would try and borrow some and read up on it. My ancestor was from Co.
G 67th Regt. Pennsylvania Vol. Infantry. A new found cousin has told me
that my great grandfather Samuel RINKER was in a prison camp and on the
day he was released he heard his brother's name called. He looked
around for him but couldn't find him. They had both lost so much weight
and looked so terrible they didn't recognize each other!

Susan

JG>From: John Gross <confe...@worldnet.att.net>
JG>susan....@sad.org (Susan Canney) wrote:
JG>>Hi,
JG>> Can anyone recommend any books on Confederate Civil War prison camps.
JG>>Are there records available for ancestors who were once detained in
JG>>them?
JG>>
JG>> Susan
JG>>

JG>Post this to <alt.war.civil.usa> as others there know more about
JG>prisons than I do. Do you want to know about a specific prison
JG>camp or just a general book?


JG>John Gross confe...@worldnet.att.net

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John Gross

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Dec 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/6/96
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susan....@sad.org (Susan Canney) wrote:
>
>John,
> I've sent away for my great grandfather's military/pension records
>from the Federal Archives. I don't know which prison camp he and his
>brother were in but I thought if there were any history books about them
>I would try and borrow some and read up on it. My ancestor was from Co.
>G 67th Regt. Pennsylvania Vol. Infantry. A new found cousin has told me
>that my great grandfather Samuel RINKER was in a prison camp and on the
>day he was released he heard his brother's name called. He looked
>around for him but couldn't find him. They had both lost so much weight
>and looked so terrible they didn't recognize each other!
>
> Susan
>
>


I show reference to books written on the following Confederate prisons:

Andersonville, Cahawba, Camp Ford, Castle Thunder, Danville, Libby Prison,
and Salisbury. This list is rather old so I'm sure new books have been
published on other prisons as well, plus there are general books about
Confed prisons but I don't know the name of the books offhand.

Also check out "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-1865", by Samuel
Bates. It's a five volume set and volume II covers the 51st to 84th
regiments. It has been reorinted and should be easily obtainable. Each
entry for a soldier gives name, rank, service dates, and brief remarks.
Plus there is a brief historical sketch of the regiment.


John Gross confe...@worldnet.att.net


David T. Hardy

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Dec 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/6/96
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susan....@sad.org (Susan Canney) writes:

> John,
> I've sent away for my great grandfather's military/pension records
> from the Federal Archives. I don't know which prison camp he and his
> brother were in but I thought if there were any history books about them
> I would try and borrow some and read up on it. My ancestor was from Co.
> G 67th Regt. Pennsylvania Vol. Infantry.

*Sometimes* the military records will show it--sometimes they'll just
reflect his capture and return, if exchanged. Good odds the pension
records would, since he'd be adding details to demonstrate how the war
impaired his physical condition, and might mention the camp.
There were only a limited number of big POW camps in the south--the
one in Richmond (now I forget its name) and one on the edge of
Richmond, in the big island called Belle Isle, Andersonville in
Georgia, and some others. All CW POW camps were hellholes.
Andersonville was prob. the worst, but all, North and South alike, had
incredible deathrates. Starvation in the south, and cold weather in the
north, combined with disease to kill off a good percentage of those
confined.
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