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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. The collection includes an album, apparently of John A. Fite, of Carthage, Tenn., colonel, 7th Tennessee Regiment, containing autographs and personal data written by, and relating to, Confederate officers imprisoned at Johnson Island during the Civil War; and an album of Dan M. McClenehan, Fort Deposit, Md., containing similar entries, as well as autographs of friends from Maryland, 1860-1861, and from Baltimore and elsewhere, 1872, 1879, and 1880. The second volume also includes undated photographs of a granite quarry, of individuals, some of whom are identified, and of other subjects; a brief essay on "Friendship, Love, and Truth," 1860; and other items. |
Creator | Johnson Island Prison. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865.
Back to TopThe collection includes an album, apparently of John A. Fite, of Carthage, Tenn., colonel, 7th Tennessee Regiment, containing autographs and personal data written by, and relating to, Confederate officers imprisoned at Johnson Island during the Civil War; and an album of Dan M. McClenehan, Fort Deposit, Md., containing similar entries, as well as autographs of friends from Maryland, 1860-1861, and from Baltimore and elsewhere, 1872, 1879, and 1880. The second volume also includes undated photographs of a granite quarry, of individuals, some of whom are identified, and of other subjects; a brief essay on "Friendship, Love, and Truth," 1860; and other items.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Volume 1: Autograph book, John A. Fite, 1865 |
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Folder 2 |
Volume 2: Autograph book, Dan M. Mclenahan, 1860-1880 |