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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.32 (search)
Christian was colonel of the 51st Virginia Infantry, and was captured after the battle of Gettysburg, while the army was crossing Falling Waters, and sent to Johnson's Island, where the officers from Port Hudson were also imprisoned. Said the Doctor: My recollection is that there were thirteen negroes who spent the dreadful winter of 1863-4 with us at Johnson's Island, and not one of them deserted or accepted freedom, though it was urged upon them time and again. You remember that Port Hudson was compelled to surrender after Vicksburg had fallen. The officers were notified they would not be paroled as those at Vicksburg had been . They were toldn their personal property. Some of the officers claimed their negro servants as personal property, and took them along to prison with them. Arriving at Johnson's Island, the Federal authorities assured the negroes they were as free as their masters had been, and were not prisoners of war; that they would give them no rations
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry, C. S. A. From the Lexington, Ky. Herald, April 21, 1907. (search)
from thence they were sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, Camp Morton, Ind., and Camp Douglas, Ill.; though eventually most of them were assembled at Camp Douglas. The officers were imprisoned at various places—the Ohio penitentiary, at Columbus; Johnson's Island, Ohio; Allegheny penitentiary, Pa.; Point Lookout, Md., and Fort Delaware, Del. It was claimed that the officers were confined for a while in the Georgia penitentiary. While Major McCreary was a prisoner at Fort Delaware, 600 Confederate offm that prison also. When the 11th Kentucky Cavalry was recruited he joined it, and was made adjutant, with the rank of captain, and served gallantly until his capture on the Ohio raid, after which he was imprisoned in the Ohio penitentiary, Johnson's Island, Allegheny penitentiary, Pa., and Point Lookout, Md., remaining a prisoner until the close of the war, when he was released, reaching there on May I, 1865. About 1875 he left Winchester for the West, and has never been heard of since. No m
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.59 (search)
aval Brigade. Otey Bradford, San Francisco, Cal.—Born in Virginia; lieutenant C. S. N.; served on cruiser Florida, Johnson Island expedition, steamer Savannah, Richmond, and Howlett's Battery. Frank D. Brown, Phillipsburg, Mon.—Born in Virginiaookout prisoners; steamer Columbia, wrecked on her trial trip; steamer Palmetto State, steamer Richmond; prisoner on Johnson's Island. Hardin B. Littlepage, Washington, D. C.—Born in Virginia; midshipman U. S. N.; lieutenant C. S. N.; served on sthe privateer Jeff Davis. Francis M. Rody, Bakerfield, Cal.—Lieutenant C. S. N.; served naval battery Fort Hindman, Johnson Island expedition, steamer Raleigh, steamer Albemarle in fight at Plymouth, and in the sound, cruiser Chickamauga. Dabneyania; served on steamer Huntress; captured at Fort Pulaski as a member of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry; prisoner at Johnson's Island; on steamer Atlanta, at capture of U. S. gunboats Satellite and Reliance, on C. S. steamer Fredericksburg; special