United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
John R. Cason Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-026
Abstract
The collection includes the journal of John R. Cason, a Confederate Lieutenant and one of the Immortal 600, containing lists of other prisoners he encountered following his capture at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1864 - 1865
Alfred Hughes Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-110
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of the family of Alfred Hughes (1824-1880), a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner, while he was held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 during the American Civil War. Three letters between Alfred and his wife Mary (1832-1909) and sister Eliza (1817-1882), also a doctor, discuss the prison, health of patients, and updates on his parole. There are also envelopes for the letters that are marked as examined by an...
Dates:
1862
Mary Hughes Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-111
Abstract
This collection contains a letter dated October 28, 1862 by Mary Hughes (1832-1909) from Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), to her husband Alfred Hughes (1824-1880), a doctor, Confederate sympathizer, and political prisoner, while he was held at Camp Chase, a Union prison camp in Columbus, Ohio, during the American Civil War. The letter details the measures being taken to secure Alfred's release, to get a prison pass, and general updates on family members. The envelope for the letter...
Dates:
1862
Alfred S. Roe Report
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-108
Abstract
This 1865 report by Alfred Seelye Roe (1844-1917) details his experience as a prisoner of war (POW) during the American Civil War. The document is a questionnaire from the Office of War Prisoners' Division of the New York Bureau of Military Record. Roe discusses his capture and general experience as a Union POW in Confederate prisons, primarily at Danville, Virginia. Roe served in Company A, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, in the Union Army and following the war was a school teacher,...
Dates:
1865