Civil War
Thank you to Jessica, who sent along this information about the Ship Island Civil War prison: Did you know that the Union forces put their black soldiers on ship island and left them during the war? Two troops of 63, I think . . . it’s been awhile since I read the history. I think [...]
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Thanks to Carol Richard for information on another prison used to house Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. This one – Fort Massachusetts, on Ship Island – is located off the Mississippi coast. In total, 153 Confederate prisoners of war and 260 Union soldiers there, due largely to poor sanitation, crowded conditions and a yellow fever [...]
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AncestorNews readers Ann Blackwell and Joan Thomas Holloway sent along a note in reference to the last newsletter. Both Ann and Joan had ancestors who were in Civil War prisons. Ann’s ancestor, Col. Pleasent Fowler, of Arkansas, was in a New Jersey prison; Joan’s was kept at Fort Delaware. Approximately 2700 Confederate soldiers died while being [...]
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