Johnson's Island Prisoner of War Camp Collection

ca. 1998-1999
Manuscript Collection #997
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Physical description
0.01 Cubic Feet, 5 items
Preferred Citation
Johnson's Island Prisoner of War Camp Collection (#997), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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March 5, 2004, (unprocessed) 5 items, 0.01 cubic feet; Collection (ca. 1998-1999), including list of Confederate officers who died at the Johnson Island, Ohio prisoner of war camp, 1862-1865; photographs of gravestones in the prison camp cemetery of North Carolina Confederate officers buried there, 1861-1912; a transcript of "Out of Frozen Hell," a two-part arcticle by Roger Long, published in the Civil War Times Illustrated, March, May 1998, concerning escape attempts from Johnsons Island; and a compact disk. Donor: Anonymous

Source of acquisition

Anonymous gift

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Encoded by Mark Custer, March 24, 2008

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All rights reserved by donor. Permission to cite, quote, or reproduce images or text not available.

Related material

Joseph Kinsey Papers (Manuscript Collection #63) Note to Researchers: The related collection includes a diary that was written by Joseph Kinsey while he was in prison on Johnson's Island.

Key terms
Corporate Names
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers
Johnson Island Prison
Topical
Prisoner-of-war escapes--Ohio--Johnson Island
Places
Confederate States of America--Registers
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons