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Confederate Prisoners of War ~ 1861 ~ 1865 (AHGP)

Links to Internet Archive digitized copies. The National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. Washington: 1965 National Archives Microfilm Publications - Microcopy 598 Selected Records of the War Department Relating To Confederate Prisoners of War 1861 - 1865

Descendants of Point Lookout POW Organization

A prison camp for Confederate prisoners of war was built at Point Lookout, Md., on the tip of the peninsula where the Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay. In all, over 50,000 men, both military and civilian, were held prisoner there.

Elmira Civil War Prison Camp

Elmira Prison Camp (Civil War) History

History of the Elmira Prison Camp (Civil War) and burials of those who died there.

Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library

FamilySearch - United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865

Images of 429 volumes of Confederate Prisoners of War records, most of which are from the War Department's Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners. Others are from the Surgeon General's Office, a few Army commands and individual prison camps. The collection consists mainly of lists and registers and is part of RG 109, War Department Collection of Confederate Records. This is NARA publication M598.

FamilySearch Catalog - Lists of Confederates captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863 ^FREE

Digitized copies from National Archives microfilm publications; M2072.

FamilySearch Catalog - Register of Confederate soldiers who died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 : and lie buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ills., 1892

Digital images of original published: Cincinnati, Ohio : Cohen & Co., 1892. 58 p. ; 19 cm.

FamilySearch Catalog - Roll of Confederate prisoners of war, paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, May 1865 ^FREE

Microfilm of manuscripts housed at the Louisiana National Guard, Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, Louisiana.

FamilySearch Catalog - Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 : NARA Record Group 109 ^FREE

Images of records from the United States Provost Marshal during the Civil War. The Provost Marshal served as military police for the Union army. Records in this collection would deal with deserters, Confederate spies, civilains suspected of disloyality, civilians passage through military zones, etc. This is National Archive publication M416.

FamilySearch Catalog - The Elmira prison camp : a history of the military prison at Elmira, New York, July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865; with an appendix containing the names of Confederate prisoners buri

FamilySearch Wiki - United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War - FamilySearch Historical Records

Findmypast - Georgia, Andersonville Prison Records 1862-1865 Image Browse $

Fort Delaware Society

Delaware City, Delaware.

Friends of the Florence Stockade

Florence, South Carolina.

Galvanized Tars: Confederate Prisoners of War Who Enlisted in the Union Navy

Information on the many Confederate Prisoners of War who enlisted in the Union Navy. Includes a listing of a small number of these personnel.
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Genealogy Quest - Free Genealogical Records - Civil War Deaths

Prisoners of War Deceased in Richmond Since 1 August 1861, as reported in the National Intelligencer Newspaper on 7 January 1862.

Gratiot Street Prison

Gratiot Street Prison, a Union Civil War prison in St. Louis, Missouri.

Handbook of Texas Online: CAMP FORD

Hatteras The Aftermath

Follows the soldiers captured at the Battle of Hatteras during their imprisonment at Forts Columbus and Warren.