PRISONERS OF WAR #3a Contents Northern Mil Prisons........................p.2 ..........p.9 See also: pow3, -3b, 3c, 3d USAMHI POW - CW RefBranch la 1978; 1983; dv May 90 NORTHERN MILITARY PRISONS, 1861-65 (CHIEFLY PERSONAL NARRATIVES) A Working Bibliography Contents Camp Chase, OH............................p.1 Ft Delaware, DE...........................p.2 Camp Douglas, IL..........................p.2 Elmira, NY................................p.3 Johnson's Island, OH......................p.3 Ft Lafayette, NY..........................p.5 Camp Morton, IN...........................p.5 Point Lookout, MD.........................p.6 Rock Island, IL...........................p.6 Ft Warren, MA.............................p.7 CAMP CHASE, OH (1862-65) Barbiere, Joe. Scraps from the Prison Table at Camp Chase and Johnson Island. Doylestown, PA: Davis, 1868. E615B23. Frost, Griffin. Camp and Prison Journal.... Quincy, IL: Quincy Herald, 1867. E615F93, RareBk. King, John H. Three Hundred Days in a Yankee Prison; Reminiscences of War Life, Captivity, Imprisonment at Camp Chase, Ohio. Atlanta: Daves, 1904. E616C4K5. Knauss, William H. The Story of Camp Chase: A History of the Prison and Its Cemetery, Together With Other Cemeteries Where Confederate Prisoners are Buried, Etc. Nashville, TN: Pub of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1906. E616C4K67. Northern Prisons p.2 FT DELAWARE, DE (1863-65) Fuzzelbug, Fritz. Prison Life During the Rebellion: Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners Sent from Fort Delaware to Morris' Island to be Punished. Singer's Glen, VA: Funk's, 1869. E615F99. Handerson, Henry E. Yankee in Gray: The Civil War Memoirs of Henry E. Handerson. Cleveland: Western Reserve UP, 1962. E605H24. Handy, Isaac W.K. United States Bonds; Or, Duress by Federal Authority: A Journal of Current Events During and Imprisonment of Fifteen Months at Fort Delaware. Baltimore: Turnbull, 1874. E616D3H2. Meaney, Peter J. "The Prison Ministry of Father Peter Whelan: Georgia Priest and Confederate Chaplain." Reprint, GA Hist Quarterly (Spring 1987). E615M42. Internee at Gov's Island and Ft Delaware, then private relief worker at Andersonville. Murray, J. Ogden. The Immortal Six Hundred: A Story of Cruelty to Confederate Prisoners of War. Winchester, VA: Eddy, 1905. E615M98. 7th VA Cav. And 1986 reprint. CAMP DOUGLAS, IL (1864-65) Copley, John M. A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, Tenn.: With Reminiscences of Camp Douglas. Austin, TX: Boeckmann, 1893. E605C78. Frost, Griffin. Camp and Prison Journal.... Quincy, IL: Quincy Herald, 1867. E615F93, RareBk. Northern Prisons p.3 ELMIRA, NY (1864-65) [la Nov 86] Benson, Susan W., ed. Berry Benson's Civil War Book: Memoirs of a Confederate Scout and Sharpshooter. Athens, GA: UP of Georgia, 1962. 203 p. E605B45. See pp. 126-150. Cooling, B. Franklin. Benjamin Franklin Tracy: Father of the Modern American Fighting Navy. Hamden, CT: Archon, 1973. 211 p. E664T72C66. Tracy served as commandant of the camp from Sep 1864. See Chap 2. Holmes, Clayton W. The Elmira Prison Camp: A History of the Military Prison at Elmira, N.Y., July 6, 1864, to July 10, 1865. NY: Putnam's, 1912. E616E4H7. Kelley, Anthony M. In Viniculus: Or, the Prisoner of War; Being the Experience of a Rebel in Two Federal Pens.... Petersburg, VA: Daily Index, 1866. 216 p. E615K28. Robertson, James I. "The Scourge of Elmira." Civil War Prisons. Ed by William C. Hesseltine. Kent, OH: Kent State UP, 1972. 123 p. E611H44. Toney, Marcus. The Privations of a Private. Nashville, TN: the author, 1905. 133 p. E605T66. See pp. 92-121. Wade, F.S. "Getting Out of Prison." Confederate Vet 34 (Oct 1926): pp. 379-380. Per. Wilkeson, Frank. Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac. NY: Putnam's, 1898. 246 p. E601W683. See pp. 220-230 for reminiscences of a Federal guard at Elmira. JOHNSON'S ISLAND, OH (1862-65) Barbiere, Joe. Scraps From the Prison Table at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island. Doylestown: Davis, 1868. 399 p. E615B23. Barziza, Decimus. The Adventures of a Prisoner of War. Austin, TX: UP of Texas, 1964. E605B296. Northern Prisons p.4 Crocker, James F. My Capture at Gettysburg and Prison Reminiscences. Suffolk, VA: Hardy, 1986. E615C72. Frohman, Charles E. Rebels on Lake Erie. Columbus: Ohio Hist Soc, 1965. 157 p. E616J7F7. Hesseltine, William B., ed. Civil War Prisons. Kent, OH: Kent State UP, 1962. 123 p. E611H44. See pp. 98-113. Hicks, Irl. The Prisoner's Farewell to Johnson's Island... A Poem. St Louis, MO: Southwestern Book, 1872. 27 p. E173P18no281pam3. Hundley, D.R. Prison Echoes of the Great Rebellion. NY: Green, 1874. 235 p. E615H93. Long, Roger. "Johnson's Island Prison." Blue and Gray Mag 4 (Feb & Mar 1987): pp. 6-31 & 44-62. Per. Schultz, Charles R. "The Conditions at Johnson's Island Prison During the Civil War." MA thesis, Bowling Green State U, 1960. 137 p. E616J7S3. Shepard, Frederick J. "Burleigh--And Johnson's Island." 2 pts. Mag of Hist I (May 1905): pp. 306-315 and (Jun 1905): pp. 378- 384. Per. Shuffler, R. Henderson, ed. The Adventures of a Prisoner of War, 1863-1864. Austin, TX: UP of Texas, 1964. E605B296. Southern Hist Soc Papers (E483.7S76). See: - "Lieutenant Charlie Pierce's Daring Attempts to Escape from Johnson's Island." VIII, pp. 61-67. By M. McNamara. - "Escape of Prisoners from Johnson's Island." XVIII, pp. 428- 431. By J.H. Carpenter. "A Plan to Escape." XIX, p. 283-289. Various docs. "The Plan to Rescue the Johnson's Island Prisoners: Captain Robert D. Minor's Report." XVIII, pp. 283-290. "Johnson's Island: A Visit to the Confederate Cemetery of the Prison." XXVII, pp. 103-108. By W.H. Blackman. Incls list of those buried there. "Johnson's Island: Thrilling Story of a Visit Thereto Recalls, 'Thompson Conspiracy.'" XXX, pp. 256-265. Northern Prisons p.5 Wash, W.A. Camp, Field and Prison Life: Containing Sketches of Service in the South, and the Experience, Incidents and Observations Connected with Almost Two Years' Imprisonment at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Where 3,000 Confederate Officers Were Confined. St Louis, MO: Southwestern Book, 1870. E616J7W37. Woodford, Arthur M. "Johnson's Island: The Story of a Yankee Prison." Detroit Hist Soc Bull 28 (Fall 1971): pp. 4-10. MiscFiles. See also: - Diary of Cpt William G.B. Morris, 64th NC Inf, Arch. FT LAFAYETTE, NY (1861-65) "Fort-La-Fayette Life" 1863-64 in Extracts from the "Right Flanker:" A Manuscript Sheet Circulating Among the Southern Prisoners in Fort-La-Fayette in 1863-64. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1865. E616L2F7. Gilchrist, William. Two Months in Fort Lafayette. By a Prisoner. NY: author, 1862. 53 p. E616L2T9. Howard, Frank K. Fourteen Months in American Bastiles. Baltimore: Kelly, Hedian & Piet, 1863. E458.8H85. Mahoney, Dennis A. The Prisoner of the State. NY: Carleton, 1863. E458.8M2. CAMP MORTON, IN (1862-65) Carnahan, James R. Camp Morton: Reply to Dr. John Wyeth. Indianapolis: Baker-Randolph, 1892. E616M8C3. Paper read before MOLLUS, Indiana Commandery, 22 Feb 1892; reply to Dr. Wyeth's "Cold Cheer." Frost, Griffin. Camp and Prison Journal.... Quincy, IL: Quincy Herald, 1867. E615F93, RareBk. Hall, Sidney G., III. "Camp Morton: A Model Prison?" Indiana Mil Hist Journal 6 (May 1981): pp. 6-18. Per. Northern Prisons p.6 Little, Robert H. A Year of Starvation Amid Plenty: Or, How a Confederate Soldier Suffered from Hunger and Cruelty in a Prison of War During the Awful Days of the Sixties. Waco, TX: Texian, 1966. E615L57. Wyeth, John A. "Cold Cheer at Camp Morton." Century Mag (Apr 1891): pp. 844-852. E616M8W9. POINT LOOKOUT, MD (1863-65) Beitzell, Edward W. Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates. Abell, MD: the author, 1972. E616L8B45. Jones, C.W. In Prison at Point Lookout. Martinsville, VA: Bulletin, n.d. E616J65. Keiley, Anthony M. Invinculis; or the Prisoner of War.... NY: Blelock, 1866. E615K27. _________, Prisoner of War, or Fire Months Among the Yankees. Richmond, VA: West & Johnson, 1865. E615K29. ROCK ISLAND, IL (1863-65) Minnich, J.W. Inside Rock Island Prison, from December, 1863 to June, 1865. Dallas, TX: Pub of M.E. Church, South, 1908. E616R6M55. Rogan, Lafayette. Diary of... C.S.A. Prisoner of War at Rock Island Prison Barracks, 1863-1865. Bound mimeo, 1938. E616R6R6. U.S. Arsenal, Rock Island, IL. Rock Island Prison Barracks, 1863- 1865. Rock Island, IL, 1967. E616R6U5. U.S. Commissioner for Marking Confederate Graves. Register of Confederate Dead, Rock Island, Illinois. U.S. War Dept, 1912. E548U575. Northern Prisons p.7 FORT WARREN, MA (1863-65) Bolles, J.A. "Escape From Fort Warren." Harpers New Monthly Mag (Apr 1864). LL. Pollard, Edward A. Observations in the North: Eight Months in Prison and on Parole. Richmond, VA: Ayres, 1865. E487P766. Stephens, Alexander H. Recollections of Alexander H. Stephens; His Diary Kept When a Prisoner at Fort Warren, Boston Harbour, 1865. NY: Da Capo, 1971; orig pub 1910. E467.1S85S852.