Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library - Confederate Index: E

Eagles, Robert Anderson
Co. H, 42nd Vir. Inf.
Captured at Spotsylvania. Shipped up to Elmira. He was released on Oath of Allegiance. He was in the war from 1862-1865 and saw an incredible amount of action. Wounded in Fredericksburg...hospital at Chimborozzo.
Information provided by C. Eagle-Romaine  Easters (Estes), John Andrew Matthew
Pvt. Co.G,18th SC Inf
He was captured between Petersburg and Richmond, VA., May 20,1864. He served the last 9 months of the war in Elmira prison and was paroled March 24,1865. He returned home to Gaffney County, SC where he died at age 79 years, Born: August 6,1839; Died: February 18,1919;  Eason, William
Cobb's Legion Co. B " Bowdon Volunteers''
William was born in 1840 ( month and day unknown at this time ), the third child of 11 born to Thomas Eason and Nancy Bryant Eason. He was one of five brothers to go to war to fight for Southern Independence and the only one to survive. He enlisted with Cobb’s Legion Co. B. " Bowdon Volunteers " on 7 July 1861 by Capt. McDaniel. He had a surgical discharge on 19 Oct.1861 but re-enlisted in Nov. of 1862. Was captured at Sharpsburg (Antietam as the Yankees call it ) and was sent to Ft. McHenry and was on the roll of prisoner’s 17 Oct.1862 and was sent to Ft. Monroe for exchange. William was wounded 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville. Wounds were to his left leg and shoulder and he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2 on 27 May 1863. He was furloughed for 40 days on 10 June 1863 were he went back home to Bowdon Ga. and was married to Rachel Minerva Johnson on 14 July 1863. William was captured again at Front Royal Va. on 16 Aug.1864 and was transferred from the Old Capital Prison to Elmira. He arrived on 14 Oct. 1864 and was exchanged on 29 Oct. 1864. I do not know what happened to him from this point till the end of the war. He returned home where he fathered 9 children and died after a short illness at the age of 40. He died on 12 June 1880 in Bowdon Ga. and is buried at Indian Creek Baptist Church in Bowdon.
Information submitted by Lee Heron.  Edge, Marshall
Co. F 24 N.C. Reg
Resided in Bladen County, N.C. prior to the war. Enlisted as a private at Petersburg, Va., at age 19, Nov. 1, 1861. Captured at Petersburg, June 17,1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to Elmira on July 27,1864. Released June 19,1865. Returned to Bladen County, N.C. where he married and had four children. Died June 29,1899 and is buried at Old Suggs Grove Church in Bladen County.
Information submitted by Mike Edge.  Eller, Jacob F.

Enlisted at age 28 in Rowan Co., GA. on 03/24/62. Died at Elmira, NY of variola on 03/10/65. Captured at Cold Harbor, VA 06/03/64.  Eller, Jacob F.

Enlisted at age 20 in Townes Co. GA. on 08/24/61. Died at Elmira, NY of variola on 02/09/65. Captured at Front Royal 08/16/64.  Elliot, Julius A.
Musician, 49th NC Inf.
Julius A. Elliott was born on 2 Feb 1838 in Rowan Co., NC. He died on 17 Apr 1903 in Johnson Co., TN. He was buried JOHNSON CO., TN in Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain City. Julius was a musician in the NC 49th Regiment, CSA. He was captured at Drewey's Bluff, VA and sent to Elmira Prison Camp in NY. After the death of his 1st wife, he went to Watauga Co., NC where he met Martha, his 2nd wife. Census: 1850 - Macon Co., NC; 1860 - Rowan Co., NC; 1880 - 9th District, Johnson Co., TN; 1900 - 2nd District, Johnson Co., TN. Parents: Samuel ELLIOTT and Nancy Caroline HALL. He was married to Naomi DOBBINS on 9 Apr 1860 in Rowan Co., NC. Children were: Nancy E. ELLIOTT, William R. ELLIOTT. He was married to Martha E. GREER on 15 Nov 1867 in Watauga Co., NC. Children were: Floy (Mary Floy) ELLIOTT, Nora Mae ELLIOTT, Hattie V. ELLIOTT.  Ellis, Gabriel Richard
21 Ala Inf
Gabriel Richard Ellis was born in May, 1845, in the Cottage Hill area ten miles west of Mobile, Alabama. He was the brother of Olena Pauline Ellis (who married Henry Simeon David) and Gabriella Josephine Ellis (who married Abram Davis, brother of Henry Simeon Davis). During the Civil War, he served in the 21st Alabama Infantry. He was captured at Shiloh, Tennessee, in 1862 and sent to Camp Douglas prison outside of Chicago, Illinois. After being repatriated, he rejoined his regiment at the Fort Morgan area of operations (Navy Cove). He was captured again after the fort's surrender and was sent to Elmira prison camp in 1864. He was released at the war's end in 1865. G.R. Ellis survived the war, but, unfortunately, his brother William did not. On May 26, 1864, William H. Ellis of G Company, 38th Alabama Regiment, was killed at the battle of New Hope Church near Atlanta, Georgia. After the war, Gabriel Ellis became a Methodist minister and married Alvira Elizabeth Davis. She died at the age of 26 in 1881. In 1882, he remarried to Cornelia Havens of the Vancleave, Mississippi, area. For more information on Rev. Gabriel R. Ellis, we recommend the book Gabriel Richard Ellis: His Ancestry, His Life, His Descendants by Wesley Crosby Ellis.  Elmore, John
Born 1828 Giles County, VA. Died prisoner of war, Elmira Prison.  Ervin, Lawrence Nelson
Co. I, 5th SC Inf.
Enlisted in "the Eutaw Regiment," on 17 Oct 1863 (his 18th birthday) at James Island, SC. He enlisted for the period of three years. The 25th S.C.I was assigned to Brigadier General Johnson Hagood's South Carolina brigade in the Dept of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and served on James Island and around Charleston in late 1863 and early 1864. In the spring of 1864, however Hagood's Brigade was transferred to Virginia, where it became a unit in the Dept of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, commanded by Gen P.G.T. Beaureguard. Private Ervin was wounded in the left side of the scalp on 16 June 1864, in fighting near Petersburg, Va., according to the register of the Episcopal Church Hospital at Williamsburg, Va. He returned to his regiment and continued to serve with it when Hagood's Brigade and most of the troops under Beauregard's command became part of the famous Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen Robert E. Lee. In early 1865 Hagood's brigade was one of several South Carolina units sent to Wilmington, North Carolina, to help defend Fort Fisher. Private Ervin was taken prisoner at Fort Fisher when Federal land and naval forces captured the fort on 15 Jan 1865 and he was sent to the military prison at Elmira, New York, where he stayed until 11 July 1865. On that day he took the oath of allegiance to the United States and was released. His oath provides some interesting information about him; according to the Federal authorities, Ervin's place of residence was "Sumpter, S.C.," his complexion was fair, his hair was light, his eyes were hazel, and his height was 5 foot 8 inches. The information about Private Ervin comes from National Archives Microcopy 267, "The Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina," Roll 344, 25th Infantry.
Information provided by Helen and Arthur Sievers Eure, Elisha
7th NC, Co E (formerly 1nd NC Co E)
His full name is Eure, Elisha W.: Private, resided in Nash County (NC) and enlisted at Camp Advance (Garysburg, NC) at age 22, June 20, 1861 for the war. captured at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, May 12, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland until transferred to Elmira, New York, August 3, 1864. Died at Elmira on February 2, 1865 of "pneumonia."(N.C. Troops 1861-1865, Vol. IV, p. 456)
Information provided by Richard Barnes.  Evans, John Albert
Pvt Co. A 9th Va Cav
My Great-Great Grandfather, John Albert Evans, was captured near Culpeper, Va on 9/14/1863. He was taken to Point Lookout, Md POW Camp on 9/26/63. He was then transferred to Elmira, NY POW Camp on 8/16/64. He was exchenged at the James River (Va.) on 3/10/65. He was a Private in Company A of the 9th Virginia Cavalry. He was born & died in Stafford County, Virginia.
Information submitted by Bill Mountjoy. Evans, Henry R.
1st Fla
On January 10, 1861 Florida seceded from the Union. Henry R. Evans enlisted February 28, 1861 at Eucheeanna and served as a Corporal in the Infantry of the Confederate States Army, 1st Fla. Brigade, Cos. D and E under Captain McKinnon and Captain McPherson. He fought in the battles of: Santa Rosa Island, FL October 1861, Shiloh, TN April 1862, Vaden, MS June 1862, Chattanooga, TN September 1862 and again in November 1863, Perryville, KY October 1862, Murfreesboro, TN December 1862-January 1863, Chickamauga, GA September 1863, and Missionary Ridge, TN November-December 1863. By the time they fought in Atlanta, GA Jul.-Aug. 1864, the 1st Florida, that had been a Brigade at Shiloh, was now at less than Regimental strength. While on a sick furlough, Corporal Henry R. Evans was captured September 28, 1864 near Vernon, Florida during Brigadier General Alexander Sandor Asboth's raid from Pensacola into Mariana. He was forwarded by the steamer Clinton from Ship Island, Mississippi to Ft. Columbus, New York and held prisoner of war at Elmira, New York until released on July 7, 1865 after finally signing a pledge of allegiance. General Lee had surrendered on April 9th. Those who endured Elmira's squalor and harsh cruelties referred to it as "Hellmira". It was a filthy cesspool in summer and frozen in winter. The daily ration was bread and water. A quarter of the Confederate soldiers who were imprisoned at Elmira are buried there. After release, Henry R. Evans was probably transported to a place now called Parole, Maryland. From there he had to walk home. When he got home his brothers and sisters didn't recognize him. Some young ones ran to the house and told their mother that a man was coming up the road. She took off her apron and walked to the front gate. From there she recognized her son, through the gate open, and ran to greet him. He was just a thin shell of a man but he was home and he was alive.
Information submitted by John Evans.