Tag Archives: Johnson’s Island Prison Depot

another man without a country?

Posted on December 22, 2015 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 22, 1865: The last Confederate prisoner. –The last Confederate prisoner of war has been released, on condition that he would leave the country. The Baton Rouge Gazette of the 5th says: A letter received … Continue reading →

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Abe’s Cornerstone

Posted on December 3, 2014 by SUMPTER

The Union must be preserved and slavery is wrong. Nevertheless, the president still released two rebel prisoners. From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Seven: MEMORANDUM, DECEMBER 3, 1864. On Thursday of last week, two ladies from Tennessee … Continue reading →

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Rebels of Lake Erie

Posted on September 25, 2014 by SUMPTER

I am baffled by the title of this piece, but, according to Civil War Home, the activities described were part of the Confederate government’s 1864 attempt to foment a Northwest Conspiracy, a “secret operation to create hostile activities in the … Continue reading →

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New Prison in the Bay

Posted on January 14, 2012 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times January 14, 1862: THE NEW DEPOT FOR PRISONERS OF WAR. The depot erecting by the Government on Lake Erie for the reception of prisoners of war, is thus described by a Sandusky correspondent of the Cleveland … Continue reading →

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