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Record Description
Record Type	Burial Lists
Record Group	RG 92: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
Collection years	1861-1865
Microfilm Publication	M918. Register of Confederate Soldiers,Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals, 1861-1865. 1 rolls
Arrangement	Alphabetically by city then by name.
National Archives Identifier	617202
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What is in This Collection?

The collection consists of an index & images of a Register of Confederate soldiers, sailors and citizens who died in federal prisons and military hospitals in the North,1861-1865. This collection corresponds to NARA publication, M918, one roll from Record Group 92 Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. The register was compiled in 1912 in the Office of the Commissioner for Marking the Graves of Confederate Dead. The register is arranged by place of death then alphabetically by name. A table of contents will be found at the beginning of the volume.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Related National Archives Collections

• War Department. Office of the Commissioner for Locating and Marking Confederate Graves. (1906 - 10/23/1912)
• Records of General Marcus J. Wright Relating to Confederate Graves and Cemeteries, 1898–1899
• List of Confederate Dead at Rock Island, Illinois, 1912–1912
• General Correspondence, Reports, Workbooks, and Congressional Publications, 1908–1916
• Monument Rubbings of Confederate Soldiers' Headstones, 1914 ?–1918 ?
• Register of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1914–1914
• Correspondence, Burial Lists, Plans, and Photographs Relating to Cemeteries for Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Who Died as Prisoners of War in Northern Prisons, 1907–1912

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

• Name
• Rank, company, regiment
• Date of death
• Locality of grave

Collection Content

Sample Image

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  1864 Death Register

Inventory

This table lists each locality included in this collection. The link in the Locality column will open a new window where you can see the images.

State	Locality
	Table of contents
Delaware	Fort Delaware
District of Columbia	Washington
Illinois	Alton
Illinois	Cairo
Illinois	Chicago (Camp Douglas)
Illinois	Mound City
Illinois	Rock Island
Illinois	Springfield (Camp Butler)
Indiana	Evansville
Indiana	Indianapolis (Camp Morton)
Indiana	Lafayette
Indiana	New Albany
Indiana	Terre Haute
Indiana	Thorntown
Iowa	Keokuk
Kansas	Fort Scott
Kansas	Fort Leavenworth
Kentucky	Bowling Green
Kentucky	Camp Nelson (see Nicholasville)
Kentucky	Covington
Kentucky	Danville
Kentucky	Harrodsburg
Kentucky	Lexington
Kentucky	Louisville
Kentucky	Nicholasville
Kentucky	Paducah
Kentucky	Perryville
Maryland	Annapolis
Maryland	Baltimore
Maryland	Cumberland (Clarysville)
Maryland	Fort McHenry
Maryland	Frederick
Maryland	Point Lookout
Massachusetts	Boston (Fort Warren)
Missouri	Jefferson Barracks (Lemay)
Missouri	Kansas City
Missouri	St. Louis
New Mexico	Santa Fe
New York	Barryville
New York	David's Island
New York	Elmira
New York	Fort Columbus
New York	Fort Lafayette
New York	Fort Wood
New York	Hart's Island
New York	Willett's Point
Ohio	Cincinnati (Camp Dennison)
Ohio	Columbus (Camp Chase)
Ohio	Gallipolis
Ohio	Sandusky (Johnson's Island)
Pennsylvania	Chambersburg
Pennsylvania	Chester
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh
Rhode Island	Portsmouth Grove
West Virginia	Clarksburg
West Virginia	Grafton (see New Creek)
West Virginia	Harper's Ferry
West Virginia	Martinsburg
West Virginia	New Creek (Keyser)
West Virginia	Wheeling
Wisconsin	Madison (Camp Randall)

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Research Helps

The following articles will help you research your family in the United States.

• United States Guided Research
• United States Record Finder
• United States Research Tips and Strategies
• US Military Basic Search Strategies
• Beginning Research in United States Military Records
• Beginning United States Civil War Research
• Locating a Confederate Civil War Soldier (1861–1865)

Other FamilySearch Collections

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FamilySearch Catalog

• Register of Confederate soldiers, sailors and citizens who died in federal prisons and military hospitals in the North, 1861-1865
• Confederate soldiers, sailors and civilians who died as prisoners of war at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., 1862-1865Kalamazoo, Michigan : Edgar Gray Publications, 1970
• Jocelyn P. Jamison, compiled, They died at Fort Delaware, 1861-1865; Confederate, Union and civilian Delaware City, Delaware : Fort Delaware Society, 1997 FS Library book 975.11 M28j

FamilySearch Historical Records

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

FamilySearch Digital Library

• Elliott. List showing inscriptions on headstones for the Confederate soldiers and sailors who, while prisoners of war, died at Columbus and Camp Dennison, Ohio, and were buried in Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, those dying at Camp Dennison having been thence removed. Washington : Gov't Print. Off., 1907
• The story of Camp Chase; a history of the prison and its cemetery, together with other cemeteries where Confederate prisoners are buried, etc. Nashville, Tenn. and Dallas, Tex. : Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1906
• Clay W. Holmes. 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 buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery. New York, New York : Putnam's Sons, 1912
• Hattie Lou Winslow and Joseph R.H. Moore. Camp Morton, 1861-1865 : Indianapolis prison camp. Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, 1940.

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