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Trying to help out another member @alan polk track down more info about his ancestor G W Cannon 1st Lieut and Ensign 35th MS Infantry.
In past research I have run across numerous records of Confederates who were captured and listed as POW at Camp Chase and a few listed at Johnsons Island. Reading more it seems these two prisons were connected? I have read that "most of the officers" were sent to Johnsons Island while the enlisted men were held at Camp Chase? Does that mean only Commissioned Officers? Would a man listed as 1st Lieut and Ensign have been held at Camp Case or Johnsons Island? Is there a way to know for sure? Would some of the prisoners have been received and paroled from Johnsons Island - even if they were held at Camp Chase?
Here is a link to @alan polk 's OP http://civilwartalk.com/threads/hel...-with-confederate-master.108605/#post-1030968
In past research I have run across numerous records of Confederates who were captured and listed as POW at Camp Chase and a few listed at Johnsons Island. Reading more it seems these two prisons were connected? I have read that "most of the officers" were sent to Johnsons Island while the enlisted men were held at Camp Chase? Does that mean only Commissioned Officers? Would a man listed as 1st Lieut and Ensign have been held at Camp Case or Johnsons Island? Is there a way to know for sure? Would some of the prisoners have been received and paroled from Johnsons Island - even if they were held at Camp Chase?
Here is a link to @alan polk 's OP http://civilwartalk.com/threads/hel...-with-confederate-master.108605/#post-1030968