Dark hours
Subtitle: South Carolina soldiers, sailors and citizens who were held in federal prisons during the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865
By: [compiled] by Randolph W. Kirkland, Jr.
Contributors: South Carolina Historical Society.
Edition: First ed.
Publisher: South Carolina Historical Society
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Charleston, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
Subjects: Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Registers; Confederate States of America. -- Navy -- Registers; Prisoners of war -- South Carolina -- Registers; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons; South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers; South Carolina -- Genealogy
Genres: Registers.; Genealogy.
Other titles: Dark hours.
Notes: Contains list of 11,238 South Carolinians held in captivity as a result of their service to the Confederacy.  Drawing on more than 200 sources, Mr. Kirkland's list includes the individuals' names, ranks, units, where and when they were captured, where they were held, when they were moved, their final dispositions, and sources to assist researchers.

Appendices include extracts from the official records concerning prisoners of war Series II and Series M598 microfilm records relating to Confederate prisoners of war and statistical summaries of those held captive.

Contains bibliographical references (pp. 512-520).