Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library - Confederate Index: A

Acord, James F.
Pvt 5th Va Inf Co F

• 3/15/62 res. Swoope's Depot. Conscripted.
• Sentenced Mar. 6, 1863, to be shot for desertion at Fredericksburg, sentence suspended May 26, 1863.
• Sick at Castle Thunder, Aug. 5, 1863.
• Captured at Spotsylvania, May 12,1864, sent to Elmira. Rolls show he deserted; returned prisoners of war reported he had taken the oath.
• Released from Elmira, May 15, 1865.

 Agerton, John William
Co. D, 48th GA Inf.
John William Agerton was born in 1837 Burke Co., GA to Thomas & Mary (Dye) Agerton, and died 11 Dec 1864 in Elmira Prison. John William was enlisted 04 March 1862 at Waynesboro, GA by Capt John A. Harlow from Grahamville, SC. Admitted to Lovingston Hospital in Winchester, VA on Apr 27, 1862 with Dysentery, discharged 06 May 1862. Admitted to CSA General Hospital, Danville, VA 25 Sept 1862 with Debilities. Returned to duty 17 Jan. 1863. Captured 02 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA. Taken to Ft. McHenry, MD 05 July 1863. Taken to Ft. Delaware, Del. 06 July 1863. Taken to Point Lookout, MD 22 Oct 1863. Transferred to Elmira, NY Prison 17 July 1864. died 11 Dec 1864 of Pneumonia at Elmira Prison. Grave # 1109, Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, NY. John Wm. married Elmira Cox 11 Dec. 1856 in Burke Co., GA. John Wm. died on their 10th wedding anniversary, and the Army failed to notify the widow of his capture at Gettysburg. On her yearly pension re-application under the section which read, "full particulars of husband’s death, when, where, and from what cause". Her yearly answer was "He went into battle at Gettysburg, PA on or about 02 July 1863, and was never seen or heard from afterwards." Elmina died in 1905 never learning the fate of her husband.

Alexander, John Williamson
Co. G, 5th S.C. Inf.
Born: November 7, 1842 at Gaffney, South Carolina
Died: June 7, 1913 at Gaffney, South Carolina
• He was a private in Company "G" 5th South Carolina Infantry. He mustered in during first week of June, 1861 at Orangeburg, SC. He saw his first action at First Manassas. He remained with this unit for 10 months.
• He was a private in Company "G" 5th Virginia Cavalry. He enlisted with this unit April 14, 1862 at Richmond, Virginia.
• He was captured at Yellow Tavern May 11, 1864.
• He was transferred to Fortress Monroe, then to Point Lookout, & then to Elmira Prison (arriving there August 19, 1864).
• He was released from Elmira Prison on June 23, 1865.
• He arrived back home to Gaffney, South Carolina July 12, 1865.

 Allison, James
I have a company muster roll that has him listed as Ellison. He was a Private, Co. E Infantry, Hampton Legion, South Carolina Volunteers. He was captured at Malvern Hill.

Allen, Barton H.
Pvt 5th Va Inf Co H
Captured; date and place not found. Died of disease at Elmira Oct. 16,1864. Woodlawn National Cemetery, grave No.559.

Allen, Charles W.
Pvt 52nd Va Inf Co F

• 7/31/61 Staunton B. Augusta Co.
• Born 6/26/35. Farm hand age 24, Burkes Mill Dist., Augusta Co. 1860 census.
• Present 7/31/61-11/4/61.
• Ab. sick leave 11/5/61-12/31/61.
• Present1-4/62.
• Reenlisted 5/1/62.
• WIA (head) Port Republic 6/9/62.
• Present11/5-23/62.
• AWOL 11/24/62-2/10/63.
• In arrest 2/28/63.
• Present4/30/63-6/15/63.
• Ab. in hospital 7/16/63-12/31/63.
• Present 3/64 until WIA(head) Wilderness 5/6/64.
• WIA (right foot) and captured Bethesda Ch. 5/30/64.
• Admitted to Lincoln USA Hospital, Wash., D.C. 6/4/64.
• Sent to Old Capitol Prison 2/5/65. Transfer. to Elmira.
• Released 5/15/65. 5' 9". Fair complexion, gray eyes, light hair. Farmer, age 34, Mt. Sidney PO, Augusta Co. 1870 census. Murdered by poison 8/23/73 near Mt. Sidney. "A brave and faithful Confederate soldier".

Andrews, George W.
Pvt. 4th Ga Inf, Co. K The following is an exact excerpt from the "History of Charlton County," printed in 1932. GEORGE W. ALLEN (Better known as "Dick" Allen) moved to Charlton from Appling county during the early sixties, and settled on the Great Satilla river at place now known as Allen's ferry, and on a tract of land originally granted by King George, II, of England. Hon. J. C. Buie, present owner of the tract of land, has this original grant. Mr. Allen lived at this place until 1880 when he moved two miles southwest to place now known as the "Old Allen Homestead" where he reared a family of 11 children. He died December 12, 1905, and is buried in the Allen cemetery one mile east of the old homestead. Mr. Allen was one of the leading citizens of his community; was honest and reliable and was always a peace-maker in the community. He was a Democrat in politics and was a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in what is now Folkston Lodge No. 196, F. & A. M., but he became a member while the lodge met either at Trader's Hill or Centerville. George W. Allen served in the Confederate army as a private in Co. K, 4th Regiment of Georgia Cavalry; was captured in battle and was confined for 13 months in Elmira Prison, N. Y. An incident he always related that occurred during his confinement as a prisoner of war: He and a comrade bad managed to secure some flour and were preparing to have hot cakes and syrup for breakfast, but just before the hot cakes were cooked a Federal officer discovered them and promptly confiscated their hot cakes and syrup and placed them back on the regular diet of bean soup, corn-bread with a. small piece of fat bacon once a week. He was also punished by being forced to wear an old pork barrel an hour a day during the noon meal; a hole was cut in the bottom of the barrel for his head to project through and he was forced to walk around in a circle for an hour a day for seven days. He always maintained, however that he was never in better health than he was on bean liquor, bean skins, bread and water.

Mr. Allen was married four times: His first wife was Miss Kizzie Davis, the second, Miss Mary Ellen Grooms, third, Miss Mamie Knox, and fourth to Miss Mollie Ammons who survived him several years. To the first union were born three children: George W., Jr., a prominent citizen of the Prescott community, John A., now deceased, and Mary Jane; to the second marriage were born five children: Crum, Gertrude, Joseph C., Dread B., and G. Colquitt; to the third union only one child was born, and this child died in infancy; to the fourth union three children were born: Patrick Henry, who died at the age of 21, William Robert, a citizen of Folkston, and Ever Lena, who first married Alex. Mills and now the wife of Mr. Jordon of Waycross, Ga.

Allen, John L.
Son of Wm. and Martha Wyllie Allen, was born in 1842 in Halifax Co. VA. He died in 1864 in the prison camp in Elmira. From the book, Wyllie Notes, by Kate Wyllie James Lepine, (a distant cousin to John L. Allen) published in 1994, is an excerpt from a letter that George A. Wyllie wrote to his brother, Allan Wyllie dated 20th Sept. 1865. In the letter he referenced their nephew, John Allen, son of their sister, Martha. It reads: "Poor John L. Allen wrote to me while in prison that he wanted money while at Point Lookout. I sent what he wrote for and before the money reached him he transferred to Elmira, N.Y., but he died the day before the money reached him and I.N. (?J.B.) Wood who was with him all the time wrote me of his death and what disposition he should make of it. I wrote him if he had any use for it to use it. A short time after I wrote Allen, I don't know who's son he is wrote to me for money. I sent him the amount he wrote for but I don't know whether he received it or not."  

Andrews, John W.
Co. A, 21st Vir Inf
Date of death 09-19-64. Grave number 322

Archer, Robert
Co. A, 4th Vir Inf
Mustered into Co. A. VA 4th Inf. on 3-10-1862,
He was listed as:

• Hospitalized 8-15-1862 (reason/place not listed)
• Wounded 5-3-1863 at Chancellorsville, VA
• POW 5-12-1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA
• Confined 5-15-1864 Elmira NY
• Paroled 6-21-1865 Elmira NY
• Described at enlistment: 6', florid complexion, blue eyes, light hair. Also served in Co. C, VA 9th Inf (no dates given)

Archie, Stephen P.
Pvt 52nd Va Inf Co K 4

• Shenandoah Mt. B. Bath Co. 1843?
• Laborer, age 17, Cleek's Mill PO, Bath Co. 1860 census.
• Present 4/9/62-4/30/62.
• Present 1/63-6/30/63.
• Ab. on sick leave 7/1/63.
• Capt. Waterloo, Pa. 7/5/63.
• Exchanged 11/1/63.
• Issued clothing 11/23/64.
• Listed as POW at Elmira in "Staunton Vindicator" 12/1/64. NFR.

Armstrong, William Franklin
Co. G 18th SC Infantry
Enlisted April 9, 1862 in Charleston. Recorded as present on all rolls for March 1862-April 1864. Taken prisoner July 30, 1864 at Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, VA. On rolls of POW''s at City Point VA, on August 5, 1864, transferred to Elmira NY on August 8, 1864, arriving there on August 12, 1864. Paroled and transferred to be exchanged on October 11, 1864. Arrived from Point Lookout, MD Oct. 14, and exchanged Oct. 29, 1864. Captured again near Petersburg, VA (Fort Stedman) March 25, 1865. Sent to Point Lookout, MD, arriving at City Point, VA on March 28, 1865. Took oath and released June 22, 1865. From Kings Mountain Township, York County, South Carolina. Light complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, age 21 at enlistment, 5.9 tall. Still living as of 1902.

Austin, Thomas Jefferson
July 4, 1846 - February 7, 1908
My great grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Austin was born in Butler County, Alabama on July 4, 1846. He served in the War Between the States as a private in the Alabama 1st Artillery Battalion, Company E. He enlisted in Greenville, Butler County on January 1, 1864 when he was only 17. At the Battle of Fort Morgan, Alabama, August 1864, the 1st Battalion fought until their guns were knocked out, losing 150 men killed and wounded. The remainder were taken prisoner on the 23rd and sent to Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, and were later transferred to Elmira Prison, New York. T.J., as he was called, was released in a prisoner exchange at the Charles River in Virginia on March 14, 1865. He was hospitalized in Richmond in General Hospital #9, later transferred to Jackson Hospital and finally to St. Francis de Sales, per service records found, and was discharged from the army on June 6, 1865, although he remained in the hospital until August 13, 1865. The following came from Mr. Frederick Sineath, an authority on the War Between the States, in response to my question regarding the hospitals: "If your ancestor was exchanged in March 1865, it's a simple explanation why he ended up in Richmond. In the eastern theater the exchange point for depositing confederates was at Aikins Landing on the James River, just south of Richmond. From there they were brought by rail to Richmond. General Hospital # 9, which was also known as the Receiving & Distributing Hospital, was also sometimes referred to as "Seabrooks Hospital" because it occupied the former tobacco warehouse built and owned by John Seabrook in 1810. Just before the war the City of Richmond owned it. It was very close to the "Virginia Central Railroad Depot". This building during the war was sometimes called the "Billboard of Richmond" because its outer walls were commonly plastered with hundreds of handbills, post bills, political placards, show advertisements etc. It was mostly a distribution hospital. It had a capacity of about 900 patients, with a staff of about 150. Most patients were transferred to other Richmond hospitals through the system, etc. Jackson Hospital was also known as the "South Carolina Hospital", but men from other states including North Carolina & Georgia, were also known to have been treated there. It opened in June 1863. Located on a 40-acre site with 49 buildings, organized into 4 divisions, it had a capacity of 2,500 patients. St. Francis de Sales Hospital was also known by "Catholic Hospital", "Brook Hospital" and "Goddin Tavern Hospital". It occupied a 1790 structure built by Martin Baker, and between 1790-1840 was known as Bakers Tavern. Building bought in 1840 by John Goddin, which became Goddin's Tavern until about 1860-61, when it was sold to the Roman Catholic Order in Richmond. After the war came in June 1862, it was turned into a hospital and run by the Catholics of the order, and remained in service until the end of the war."Soon after he was dismissed from the hospital, T.J. bought a farm in Wilcox County, Alabama and on December 7, 1877, married Amanda Weatherford. The large, handsome house that he built, where eight of his nine children were born, is still standing and occupied. On May 31, 1899, T.J. applied for his Confederate veteran's pension, stating that "poor health brought on by disease contracted in the northern prison made him unable to make a living by manual labor." The examining physician's statement says that he had "hypertrophy (enlargement) of the heart and claimed to have lung trouble. At the time of the exam, the lung sounds were so masked by the exaggerated apex beat of the heart that they could not be heard." At the time of his application, his personal property consisted of "2 cows valued at $20.00, 1 clock valued at $5.00, household and kitchen furniture valued at $50.00, and farming tools and implements valued at $5.00." At this time he did not own any real estate. He drew his pension until his death in 1908, at which time his wife applied for a widow's pension, which she drew until her death in 1937. (The clock mentioned above, which is a large mantel clock, was a wedding gift from Amanda's mother and is still in the family. Amanda's father, William Jones Weatherford, Company C, 42nd Alabama Infantry, was either killed or died of disease on April 5, 1865 near Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina.) T.J.'s eldest daughter, my grandmother, Jessie Austin Montgomery, recalled that her father suffered from a variety of ailments and attributed them to the treatment he received in Elmira. He seldom spoke of his imprisonment except to tell the children whenever they left uneaten food on their plates that in prison a man would have killed to have these small morsels. According to Jessie, he had broken his foot and ankle in an attempt to escape the prison and that the break was never set, forcing him to use a cane. She said that T.J. had to sell the family farm after he became too ill to work it, but that the new owner allowed them to remain in the house, raise a garden and keep some livestock. The family left Wilcox County about 1904, moving to neighboring Monroe County where other family members had settled a few years before. T.J. died in Frisco City, Alabama of heart failure on February 7, 1908. He and his wife are interned in the Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Frisco City.