United States, Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North - FamilySearch Historical Records
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| 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
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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
1864 Death Register
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Inventory
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- The approximate burial or death date
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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
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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