1 Reply Latest reply on Aug 19, 2019 9:33 AM by Lisha Penn

Is there a listing of POWs at Point Lookout or Elmira, NY?

Laurie Smith Aug 7, 2019 1:18 PM

I have conflicting family accounts regarding a local Confederate solder who was taken prisoner by Union soldiers. One source says he was imprisoned at Elmira, NY, another says Point Lookout, MD. Are there any records indicating names of prisoners at either one of these site?

Re: Is there a listing of POWs at Point Lookout or Elmira, NY?

Lisha Penn Aug 19, 2019 9:33 AM (in response to Laurie Smith)

Dear Ms. Smith,

Thank you for posting your requested on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located 26 series regarding Confederate Prisoners held at Point Lookout and 12 series regarding Confederate Prisoners held at Elmira, NY in the War Department Collection of Confederate Records (Record Group 109) that may be useful for finding information about your family member possibly being held there. For access to these records, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov.

For background information about the two Civil War POW camps, please view these websites for Point Lookout and Elmira.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!

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