The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
THE SOU rH'o DEAF.
THIRTY THOUSAND CONFEDER-
ATES DIED IN PRI:ON.
Nearly Ten Thousand Of Whom Are
Buried in National Gem
eteries.

Tee recent appointment Of Col.
William Elliott OF Columbia, as Com
missioner to mark the graves OF CO.
federsse soldiers who died and were
buried near Northern prisons during
the war, reveals the fact that in 80
localities there are buried 80, l52 Coz
federate prisoners Of war, viz, ott1-
cers 455, en:i,ted nen %, 400, unknown
726 and cit. ;ns 48l. Many Of these
we're long ago buried in trenches las
in the case CT the removal Of the Con
federate remains from Fort Delaware
aud Pea Patch Island, Pa, to the
Finn's PJint, n. j., national csne'
uery) and it is said that 1t will be al
most IN. racticsble to Identify ildi71d-
ual graves, notwithstanding the fac:
that the names Of many OF the per
SONS may be fauad on record. Approx
inasely $500 Confe6erates are turi
ed In national cemeteries.
The contract price for headstoaes
that are to be used in the marking OF
Confederate graves will be 81. l3 each,
at the place Of manufacture, and 1T Is
estimated that in round plumbers s70.-
900 will be required for the purchase
Of the stones alone. To this must be
added 81 Is each as the cost Of trans
porting, handling and setting tie
stones.
According to the records Of the War
Department t. the following is a con-
plete list O; United States prisons usec
to con6ne Confederate prisoners OF
war: Alton, Il, Camp Butler, Pa,
Camp Chase, Oslo, Camp D ug!as,
ILL.,, Camp Morton, Iud., E mira, n.
T., Fort Delaware, Del, Fort Nc
Henry, Nd, Johpson's Island, O!io,
T. ,uisville, Kv., Fort lafayette, New
York haIbor, Newport News, Va,
New O:leans, La, Old Cspital Prison,
Washington, D G., Point Lookout,
Md, r ck Island, Ill, St. Louis, Mo-,
Snip I9land, Miss, and FJrt Warren
Boston harbor, Mass.
1t will be noted that With the ex
ception OF the prisoners In Louisville
Newport NsHs, New Orleans anG Fort
McHenry, all Of them were located
north OF Mason and Dixon's line, the
place where most torture was sui
fered by Confederate troops, possibly
being Camp Chase.
At the Elmlra prison there wsre
1880 deaths; all are marked with tns
exception OF about 81. At Fort Del
aware there were SOP deaths, and O.
this number all have been heretofore
marked with the exception OF BIT. A
the prison at Frederick, MI, 226 Con
federates died, and all but three hav;
been marked. There were 3 446 Con
federates who died at Point Lookout
Nd, acd OF this number S52 renair
as vet unmarked. At Rock Island
ILL.,, 1922 died, and Of this numbe'
all bat 302 have been marked.
In the 80 localities originally men
toned there app ar to have been 72'
unknown Coniederstes buried, bu
there must be added total Of 26,
ia, VITO died as prisoners Of war il
the hands Of Federal authorities II
otber places. OF this number TIT
graves OF 1e, e2o have been heretcfor'
marked, leaving at this time, accord
ing to the figures at e War Depart
ment about 1000 yet to be marked.
There are known to be in existing
national came teries 9, 200 Confederate
dead, so ohat more than twc-thlrds o
the Confederate prison dead are buri
ed in places other than national Gem
eteries ard presu nab!y not under gov
ernment control or receiving the car
OF the government at this time.
While it appears that about 80 OO'
Confederate soldiers died In Northern
prisons, the statement is made oY tn
War Department that the numb,r O.
Federal soldiers dying In Confederate
prisons reached ~. 576, also that Whil
the Federal authorities held 220, 00'
Confederate prisoners, there were hell
In the South 226, 400 Union soldiers.
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