Record #:

4883

Author(s):

Cherry, Kevin

Abstract:

The Confederate Prison at Salisbury was designed for 2,500, and the first Union POWs arrived in December 1861. Eventually the prison held 10,000. Food and clothing were scarce, and sanitary conditions were miserable. Things got worse as the war continued. Between four and five thousand Union soldiers died there. When Union General George Stoneman captured Salisbury in 1865, he ordered the prison burned.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 40 Issue 1, Fall 2000, p32-35, il

Subject(s):

Salisbury Prison; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons