A digital collection containing photographs of headstones of Confederate officers who died at Johnson Island, Ohio Prisoner of War Camp and a document detailing some biographical information of the officers.
In 1861 the U.S. Army leased 40 acres of the island from Johnson to establish a Prisoner of War Camp. The camp was in operation from April 1862 to September 1865. There were a total of 12 prison blocks and one prison hospital. The camp was originally designed to house generals and soldiers, but before the camp opened, the decision was made to only have officers imprisoned. Overall, there were over 9,000 prisoners who were confined to twelve prison blocks. The average number of prisoners on the Island were 2,000 to 2,500. Prisoners were traded and twelve prisoners were able to escape. When the Civil War ended, the Prison Camp was decommissioned in September 1865.
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Encoded by Mark Custer, March 24, 2008
Updated by John Dunning, July 2024
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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.
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Photographs of gravestones and biographical information of North Carolina Confederate officers