Record #:

31721

Author(s):

O'Neal, Donna Brewer

Abstract:

The son of the famous African missionary met his untimely fate in Salisbury. After changing his name and joining the Union Army as a substitute, Robert Livingstone was captured in VA and sent to a confederate prison in Salisbury, NC. There he died in a possible escape attempt and was buried in an unmarked mass grave.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Aug 1991, p12-13

Subject(s):

Prisons--Overcrowding; Prisoners of war--American; Civil War; Salisbury--History; Livingstone, Robert, 1846-1864