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Records of the National Archives[edit | edit source]

Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865[edit | edit source]

The "Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865" (NARA M598) is a collection consisting of 427 bound volumes. The records are of Confederate prisoners of war and political prisoners confined in Union prisons. They consist mainly of registers and lists of captured soldiers and civilians. The records contain information such as names, rank, unit or residence, dates of capture, deaths, and prisoners released. Learn more about this collection.

Online

United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 (FamilySearch)
Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 (Ancestry) ($) (note: this database also contains records of M918 and M2072 as well as records of Union prisoners of war from M1303.)

Libraries

Locate these records at a library using Worldcat.

Other Confederate Prisoner of War Records[edit | edit source]

Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865 (M918)
Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863 (M2072)

Both of the above collections are included in Ancestry's "Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865" database mentioned above.

Related Books[edit | edit source]

Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War (FHL 973 M2spe) (Worldcat) by Lonnie R. Speer contains the history of Union and Confederate prisons.

United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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+''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Confederate_Prisoner_of_War_Records|Confederate Prisoner of War Records]]''
-=== Records of the National Archives ===
+=== Records of the National Archives  ===
-==== Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 ====
+==== Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865  ====
-The "Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865" (NARA M598) is a collection consisting of 427 bound volumes. The records are of Confederate prisoners of war and political prisoners confined in Union
+The "Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865" (NARA M598) is a collection consisting of 427 bound volumes. The records are of Confederate prisoners of war and political prisoners confined in Union prisons. They consist mainly of registers and lists of captured soldiers and civilians. The records contain information such as names, rank, unit or residence, dates of capture, deaths, and prisoners released. [[United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Learn more]] about this collection.
-prisons. They consist mainly of registers and lists of captured soldiers and civilians. The records contain information such as names, rank, unit or residence, dates of capture, deaths, and prisoners released. [[United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Learn more]] about this collection.
+<br> '''Online'''
-'''Online'''
+*{{RecordSearch|1916234|United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865}} (FamilySearch)
-*{{RecordSearch|1916234|United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865}} (FamilySearch)
 *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1124 Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865] (Ancestry) ($) (note: this database also contains records of M918 and M2072 as well as records of [[Union Prisoner of War Records|Union prisoners of war]] from M1303.)
+<br> '''Libraries'''
-'''Libraries'''
 *Locate these records at a library using [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32631258 Worldcat].
+<br>
-==== Other Confederate Prisoner of War Records ====
+==== Other Confederate Prisoner of War Records  ====
 *Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865 (M918)
 *Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863 (M2072)
+<br> Both of the above collections are included in Ancestry's "Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865" database mentioned above.
-Both of the above collections are included in Ancestry's "Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865" database mentioned above.
+<br>
 === Related Books  ===
 *''Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War'' ({{FHL|973 M2spe}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/title/portals-to-hell-military-prisons-of-the-civil-war/oclc/36817057&referer=brief_results Worldcat]) by Lonnie R. Speer contains the history of Union and Confederate prisons.
+<br> {{U.S. Civil War}}
+[[United_States,_Records_of_Confederate_Prisoners_of_War_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)|United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
-{{U.S. Civil War}}
 [[Category:United_States_Civil_War,_1861_to_1865]]