The Federals responded by declaring these sailors pirates when captured, leading to a stand-off over the classification of all prisoners. A camera icon indicates items that are digitally available online. Additional support provided by the Arkansas Community Foundation. 8 No. 1 1862-64, [ digital copy ] Reel 0081 General Registers of Prisoners:272 G.R. Rock Island Arsenal; S. Salisbury National Cemetery This page was last edited on 25 April 2023, at 10:56 (UTC). . About U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 This collection includes records of Confederate prisoners of war from the United States. 4, 5 Apr. The Galvanized Yankees. The ship exploded near Marion (Crittenden County), killing around 1,800 men. Also known as Rock Island Camp . 29;403 No. Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. By December 31, 1863, five thousand prisoners were in camp with more coming daily. from the 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1963. Steeles Retreat to Little Rock and the Battle of Jenkins Ferry. Chicago, Illinois. 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. Camp Dennison, Ohio Gratiot Street Prison, St. Louis, Mo. Attention: This site does not support the current version of your web browser. The database is comprised of four National Archives (NARA) microfilm series (M1303, M598, M2702, and M918). 12 Letters Sent, Feb. l862-Jan. 1864 23 185 Letters Received, and Orders Received and Issued, Oct. 1862- Nov. 1864 General Registers of Prisoners: 24 G.R. 4 1862-64 Fort Columbus, N.Y. 103 304 Register of Prisoners, Mar.-Sept. 1862, [ digital copy ] Reel 0038 Department of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn. The camp, on the north side of the island, included 84 barracks designed to hold about. 12 May 1863-June 1864 302 A.R. DP. 7 rolls. To view a digital version of this item click here. "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. 5, Dec. 1864-Mar. Rebellion", National Battlefields and Monuments Marker From the start of the Civil War through to 1863 a parole exchange system saw most prisoners of war swapped relatively quickly. 1 (Dec. 1956), Vital records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Life of Venerable Mary of the Incarnation, Ursulaie Religious and foundress of the Monastery of Quebec, Canada, A gazetteer of Massachusetts, containing descriptions of all the counties, towns and districts in the commonwealth, also, of its principal mountains, rivers, capes, bays, harbors, islands, and fashionable resorts. 7;141 Oct. 1864-May 1865 224 A.R. Brown, Dee. From Eastern Illinois University Microfilm series M1303 contains records relating to Federal or Union POWs that were held by Confederate authorities at Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia between February 1864 and April 1865. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 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. A kitchen was built into each barracks. 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. 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. Seven Confederate Knights-Chapter 2625- 1863-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0094 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. He and his comrades had been captured during a bloody battle at Plymouth, North Carolina. 1865 126 A.R. Overview of Confederate Prisoner of War Records via FamilySearch.org, [ digital copy ] Reel 0001 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 1 OCGP 1 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0002 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 2 OCGP 2 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0003 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 3 OCGP 3 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0004 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 4 OCGP 4 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0005 Registers of Deaths of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners : 5 1; 368* 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0006 Registers of Deaths of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners : 6 2; 369* 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0007 Registers of Prisoners Applications for Release and Decisions, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners:7 1* 1863-65 8 2; 319* 1864-65 9 3 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0008 Descriptive Lists of Confederate Prisoners and Deserters Released on Taking the Oath of Allegiance, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 10 1 1861-64 11 2 1865 12 1 Register of Prisoners Ordered To Be Released, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1865 13 310 Register of Applications Made for the Release of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Feb.-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0009 14 1; 295 Register of Unclaimed Money and Valuables Belonging to Confederate Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1865-66 15-Register of the Effects of Deceased Confederate Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, July 1862-Mar. 1863-Jan. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0090 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners:295 G.R. the resulting infux of prisoners, so later that summer, the War Department authorized a prisoner of war camp at Rock Island, Illinois. All Rights Reserved. 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. The following roster of those who gave The Last Full Measure in Part of Rock Island Military Reservation. 1854, 1855, 1856 Nebraska Territory censuses, Memorials of Gilbert Haven, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Cowan clan united - V. 6, No. 8;472 Apr.-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0106 General Registers of Prisoners:338 G.R. David Sesser Henderson State University Last updated: April 11, 2022 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0080 Johnsons Island, Ohio, Military Prison 270 A.R. 1864- May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0110 Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C. NY, 1862-65; Point Lookout, MD, 1863-65; and Rock Island, IL, 1864. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0128 386 238 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts and Name Index, Mar. 3-35, 1865 159 A.R. Abandoned in 1865. service of the country, is submitted by Marshall Styles marshallstyles@yahoo.com Among those who served time at the maximum-security facility were the notorious gangster Al "Scarface" Capone (1899-1947) and murderer Robert "Birdman of Alcatraz" Stroud (1890-1963). Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1967. 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. Prisoners captured by Union forces in the state often found themselves at the Arkansas State Prison in Little Rock. 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. 1865 120 A.R. 1865 Permits Granted by the Commissary General of Prisoners for Furnishing Clothing to Prisoners 15a-Nov. 1864-Mar. -Aug. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0087 Invoice of Money and Effects of Prisoners, Apr. Rock Island was a government-owned island in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline, Illinois. 1863-June 1864 312 G.R. McAdams, Benton. By late summer of 1862, the camp held nearly 9,000 prisoners, and the prison conditions deteriorated. The prison consisted of 84 barracks surrounded by a rough board fence. served not only as a defensive outpost but also as a prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War. 49 Register of Prisoners in Various Prison Divisions Released or Returned to Confederate Barracks, L861j-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0047 161-Register of Prisoners From Various Squads, 1864-65 162-Register of Officers, Enlisted Men, Blockade Runners, and Political Prisoners Received for Confinement, Apr.-July 1863 163-Register of Prisoners in the Prison Hospital, Mar. The prison had a "dead-line" inside the . The remaining part of the barrack was to be the sleeping/living quarters for the prisoners. This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. Haywood County, NC 1864 123 A.R. AGO. 26, 1865 139 A.R. This documentary tells the story of the Rock Island Civil War Prison and how it acquired the undeserved reputation . 1865 Registers of Prisoners: 410 299 1861-62 411 361* 1861-62 412 1 1861-66 List of Sentenced Prisoners, 1864-65 Lists of Prisoners Received and Accounts of Prisoners: 413 A.R. The microfilm may be scheduled for future scanning. At the west end of the barrack was a kitchen or cookhouse that was 18-feet long. Jr., Confederate POW Camp 1864 Little Rock, Ark., Military Prison 289 G.R. Lists of confined and of escaped prisoners 1862-65. 2023 Encyclopedia of Arkansas. -May 1865 397 Unidentified Index of Prisoners Names and Barracks Numbers, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0133 398 Name Index to Ledger A 399 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, Ledger A, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0134 400 Name Index to Ledger B-401 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, Ledger B, 1864-65 Journals of Accounts with Prisoners:402 -Dec. 1863-Jan. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0135 Journals of Accounts with Prisoners: ^03 270 Mar. African-American troops were not present at Marks Mills, but a large group of freedmen accompanying the Union force was likewise attacked after the battle, and many were killed. [3] 20, July 1863-Apr. 6 No. Confederate Graves; Rock Island, IL Deaths of Haywood Co. Men from the 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Camp Chicago, Illinois Total deaths by Company and County Letter, 1864 A letter from Camp Douglas, dated March 21st 1864, from John Henry Dyer of Their Compiled Service Records are held at the National Archives and are now available online at Fold3. Search is free but access to the books is reserved for Premium members. The Battle of Helena marked another large capture of Confederate troops in the state, with 1,100 men taken prisoner after the battle. 11 Lists of Federal, Confederate, and Civilian Prisoners Showing Dispositions and of Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners, 1864-65 43- Roll Call Book for Prison No. 12;396 No. The Union repurposed the facility as a military prison during the Civil War. 9 and 10, 1865 153 A.R. 4;463 Jan. -Apr. 1863 100 G.R. Honor or memorial gifts are an everlasting way to pay tribute to someone who has touched your life. The enlisted men captured at Fort Donelson were sent to Camp Butler, Illinois, while the officers were held in Boston Harbor at Fort Warren. 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. prisoner of war at Rock Island Prison Barracks, 1868. by Lafayette Rogan. Research of: D. John Trull Jr. 8, 9,10 Jan. 1864-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0093 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. 1865 122 A.R. United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument Little Rock, AR. 14 Oct. 1863-May 1865 304 A.R. Inscription on the UDC Monument 1 Apr. 3;277 Register of Deaths, Dec. 1863-June 1865 396 288 Stubs of Prisoners Receipts, Apr. 1862 44 191 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, June-Aug. 1862 45 192 Register of Money Sent to Prisoner?-. 1863-July 1865 315 A.R. Berry, Chester D., ed. 7 No. Prisoner laborers were paid between 5 cents for for laborers and 10 cents for mechanics, per day, allowing them to buy food, and packages from home supplemented their clothing allowance. 13 Sept. 1863-Aug. 1864 303 A.R. Bearss, Edwin. These prisoners were typically taken to the nearest military outpost by their captors and informally exchanged or paroled when possible. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. 2 Feb. 1863-July 1865 26 G.R. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0085 Fort Lafayette, N.Y., Military Prison 284 G.R. The Rock Island Prison Camp was designed to hold more than 10,000 inmates at any one time, and over the final 18 months of the war, more than 12,000 Confederate prisoners passed through its gates. Some FamilySearch centers and affiliate libraries maintain collections of previously loaned microfilms or microfiche. The Film/Digital Notes contain a description of the microfilm or microfiche numbers. 7 Register of Prisoners Confined, Discharged, Escaped, and Transferred, 1862-65 A.R. The first groups of prisoners arrived at the prison on December 3, 1863. 80 List of Prisoners Captured in New Mexico, Aug. 1862 Final Statements of the Number of Confined Prisoners, Aug. 10 and Oct. 1, 1862 List of Prisoners Remaining After Releases and Exchanges, Sept. 10, 1862 List of Prisoners Received From Corinth, Sept. 23, 1862 List of Prisoners at the Prison, Sept. 29, 1862, [ digital copy ] Reel 0057 Registers of Prisoners : 195 329 1862 196 A.R. Links to all 145 reels of Civil War Confederate Prisoner records from1861 to 1865 are included. The amount and type of information available for an individual will vary according to record types and forms. The Confederate forces captured included the Nineteenth and Twenty-Fourth Arkansas Infantry regiments and a battery of Arkansas artillery. This was a death rate of about 16% of the total population. The water supply and drainage were deficient, creating a sanitation problem. RR# 918 NARA's web site is http://www.archives.gov Confederate Navy Prisoners of War ___M260, Records Relating to Confederate Naval and Marine Personnel. l863-May 1865 63 21 May-June 1865 64 A.R. -May 1865 Accounts of Money and Effects of Prisoners: 285 A.R. Rock Island Arsenal (Rock Island, Illinois), United States, Illinois, Rock Island, Rock Island - Military records - Civil War, 1861-1865, FamilySearch Terms of Use (Updated 2021-09-27), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0097 McLean Barracks, Cincinnati, Ohio 311 G.R. 2, (July 1974), Seton of Parbroath, in Scotland and America, C.T.C. 1-3, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0029 73 15; CC 15 Roll Call Book for Prisons Nos. The site on the island for the prison was at the center of the north side. 21 No. 378 Register of Officer Prisoners in Various Prison Divisions, 1864 160 A.R. 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. First Name: State: Confederate Prisoners at Union Prison Camps Galvanized Yankees "Galvanized Yankees" were Confederate Prisoners of War who gained their release from prison by enlisting in the Union Army. 1 And 2: 75 43; CC 43 [n.d.] 76 44 [n.d.] List of Checks Received and Disposition, Apr.-June 1865 77 Roll Call Book for Prison No. 15 No. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Additionally, many Arkansas troops serving in other states were captured during the war. United Daughters of the Confederacy, Microfilm series M918 contains a register of Confederate soldiers, sailors, and citizens who died in Federal prisons and military hospitals in the North between 1861 and 1865. 3 Jan.-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0014 Registers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 27 OCGP 1 1861-63 28 OCGP 2 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0015 29 1; 169 Register of Civilian Prisoners, Mar. 1863-Aug. 1864 314 A.R. 3 Dec. 1863-Jan. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0091 Louisville, Ky., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners:296 G.R. 4 Dec. 1864-May 1865 321 G.R. 24 Unidentified Name Index, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0065 Eljnira, N.Y. General Registers of Prisoners: 218 G.R. 1863 Account of the Prison Fund, Feb. 1864 Letter Sent to the Post Adjutant, Aug. 5, 1863 46 193 Receipts for Articles Delivered, May 1864-June 1865 47 186 Receipts for Money, Circulars, Orders, and Letters Received, 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0021 Bowling Green, Va., Provost Marshals Office 48 2 Register of Confederate Prisoners Paroled by the Provost Marshal and of Civilians Who Took Oaths of Allegiance and Amnesty, May 1865-Nov. 1866 Camp Butler, 111., Military Prison Registers of Prisoners: 49 A.R. 6; A-H 1862 A.R. During the Civil War, the federal government established a prison on Rock Island to ease the crowded conditions at other prisons in the Midwest. Federal troops captured at Marks Mills and other battles in Arkansas after the fall of Little Rock were often taken to Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas. Major support provided through a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. The prisoners cooked their own food. 2 1862-65 Registers of Prisoners: 273 300 1862-63, [ digital copy ] Reel 0082 Registers of Prisoners: 274 1 1862-65 275 A.R. No new records were added. 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.