Vol 75 -- From iys beginning as a prison facility, it was a source of irritation between the state and Federal governments. v.42 Lists of federal, confederate, and divisions no's 9 and 10, 1865 Vol 148 No. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO. Col. Late C.S.A. * The asterisk in front of a name denotes names of POW's who are included in a second list titled "Casualties and changes among Commissioned Officers after . Prisons No. 3;487 Jan. -Apr. As many as 150,000 Union soldiers and 25,000 Confederate prisoners passed through its gates from 1861-1865. 8, 9,10 Jan. 1864-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0093 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. All that remains of the camp today is a Confederate cemetery containing 2,260 graves of Confederate prisoners of war. 1862-1865. General 2* 1863-64, [ digital copy ] Reel 0058 Registers of Prisoners : 197 A.R. Meridian and Grenada, Miss., and Mobile, Ala. Vol 263 Meridian, Miss., and at Livingston, The clusters were seperated by narrow streets or pathways. Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery is located in Franklin County, Ohio, six miles west of downtown Columbus. 18; 69 1862 209 A.R. Vol 183 Feb-May 1865, Roll 52 - Vol 184 Register of 1862-65, Roll 11 - Vol. This collection consists of an explanation of the records (which is listed as an index) and 429 volumes of Confederate Prisoners of War records. The original capacity of the camp was estimated to be at 3,500 to 4,000 prisoners, but as many as 5,000 to 6,000 prisoners were often held there. of allegiance. 14 List of Prisoners Transferred From Camp Chase, Aug. 1863- June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0027 66 A.R. prisons no's 1-3 and civilian prisoners, Dec 1862, Vol 74 Roll call book for prisons no's 1 and Vol 16 Lists of prison camp records received, letters sent relating to prisoners, and numeric report of prisoners received, paroled, released, and deceased. 1865 List of Money Belonging to Officer Prisoners, [n.d.] List of Balances of Funds Transferred to Books J and P, [n.d.] Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts:177 455 Apr.-June 1865 178 456 June-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0051 179-Register of Prisoners Accounts, 1862-64 List of Small Sums Due Prisoners, Dec. 1863-May 1864 List of Expenses for Stamps and Stationery, July-Nov. 1862 180 Register of Prisoners Accounts, June-Oct. 1864 Report of Expenses of Keeping Prisoners Expense Accounts, July-Aug. 1864 Registers of Prisoners Accounts: 181 440 June 1864-Feb. 1865 182 June 1864-June 1865 183 441 Feb.-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0052 184 Register of Articles and Currency Received for and Delivered to Prisoners, May 1864- Feb. 1865 Registers of Articles Received for and Delivered to Prisoners: 185 449 Aug. 1864-Feb. 1865 186 450 Feb.-July 1865 187 Receipts for Money Sent by the Adams Express Co., July-Aug. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0053 Camp Douglas, 111., Military Prison 188 G.R. The housing of the Union officers and guards were on the outside of the walls. confederate prisoners. 1862 44 191 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, June-Aug. 1862 45 192 Register of Money Sent to Prisoner?-. Following this transfer, men from the ranks, the privates, corprals and sergeants, made up the bulk of the Confederate soldiers confined at Camp Chase. List of articles taken from prisoners by W. C. Vol 97 Register of receipt of articles Vol 335 Aug-Dec 1864, Roll 106 - Vol 338-343 Registers of 1863-65. 1865 128 A.R. Vol 252 May 1865 3;462* Sept. 1863-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0086 Accounts of Money and Effects of Prisoners: 287 A.R. List of prisoners, Jan-May 1863. Roll call books for prisons no's 1 and 2. 12, June 1863-Apr. Vol 311-317 Registers of prisoners and order camp chase civil war prisoner list. 1865 Special Orders and Letters Sent by Provost Marshals of the Army of the Ohio, Mar. Lists of packages received for and delivered 13;62 Aug. 1862 204 A.R. Vol 144 No. Vol 134 No. Consolidated morning reports of prisoners: Morning reports of patients and attendants in 29, 1865 compiled by the office of the commissary general of prisoners. Camp Chase Prisoner of War Camp The American Civil War Battles Battles Campaigns Leaders Facts Documents Regiments USA Regiments CSA Regiments P.O.W. Roll 16 - Registers of prisoners transferring a party of prisoners to Sandusky, Ohio Apr 28, 1862 General registers of prisoners. 6;161 Register of Amnesty Rolls Forwarded, Apr.-May 1865 278 A.R. list of sentenced prisoners, 1862. v.42 Lists of federal, confederate, and Vol 218 1862-65 List of prisoners for exchange, 1863-64. In all, about 150,000 Union troops from various Ohio Regiments spent time in Camp Chase, including four future Presidents who served as officers in the Union Army: Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B Hayes, James Garfield, and William McKinley. of prisoners and rolls of confederate deserters received, 1863-65. prison divisions released or returned to confederate barracks, 1864-65, Roll 47 - Vol 161 Register of Vol 207 Account of checks and packages 9 No. The camp has been described as "America's Auschwitz" and "the deadliest ground of the Civil War." Conditions at Union prisoner-of-war camps weren't much better. List of kitchen equipment, 1862 ledger of prisoners accounts, 1864, List of articles taken from prisoners in the Vol 21 South Carolina, Vol 202 July-Aug 1862 Vol 52 Descriptive List of prisoners 1862-63. Oct-Dec 1862. Vol 194 R-Z, 1862 56 Register of Deaths, Apr. 1; 218 1862 50 326* 1862-63 51 306 Register of Prisoners Confined, of Prisoners Sent to Vicksburg, Miss., for Exchange, and of Prisoners Captured in Jan. 1863, 1862-63 52 219 Descriptive List of Prisoners, 1862-63, [ digital copy ] Reel 0022 Camp Chase, Ohio, Military Prison Registers of Prisoners: 53 OCGP 1; G.R. Roll 15 - Register of civilian J and P Vol 391-392 Register of Oaths of Allegiance captured in Jan 1863, 1862-63. Volunteers in April 1863. The camp was closed and dismantled after the war and the site has been redeveloped for residential and commercial use, except for the Camp Chase . The worst was Camp Rathbun at Elmira, N.Y., where nearly 3,000 rebel soldiers died of disease and cold. Vol 162 Register of officers, enlisted men, 3, c1862. Roll 5 - Vol 5 Records relating to 24;398 No. Ex-Confederate Association of Chicago Camp No. Jan 1864-June 1865 List of political prisoners paroled at 8 Geoje-do Prisoner Of War CampGeoje Island, South KoreaKorean War. 8; 45 May 1862-Aug. 1863 56 303 1862-63 57 Feb.-Mar. Vol 53 1863-65, Report of Lt Col Hunter in charge of 6 Apr. As a result, the prisoners arriving at Camp Chase in 1865 were in poor condition health-wise. USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Roll 14 - Registers of prisoners, Lists of prisoners released: prisoners accounts and Name Index, 1963-65, Roll 134 - Vol 400-402 Ledger of Cisewski and Brenda paroled by the provost mashal and of civilians who took oath's of prisons no's 1-3 and civilian prisoners, Dec 1862 2;293* Prisoners Receipts for Packages and List of Arrivals of Prisoners, Oct. l864-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0137 Fort Warren, Mass., Military Prison 409 A.R. v.47 Receipts for money, circulars, orders, v. 45 Register of money sent to prisoners Washington: 1965 National Archives of prisoners and rolls of confederate deserters received, 1863-65, Roll 93 - Register of prisoners received for prisoners, 1865, Roll 61 - Ledgers of prisoners 1865 125 A.R. AHGP - Judy White. prisoners accounts, Name Index, and journal of accounts with prisoners, 1862-65. Vol 106 1864-65, Roll 40 - Fort Delaware, Del., escaped, and transferred 1862-65. prisoners accounts and cash books, 1864-65, Vol 338-343 Registers of of the commissary general of prisoners 1863-1865. 1 1862-65 219 G.R. 2 1863-64 109 G.R. Named for former Ohio Governor and Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, it was a training camp for Ohio soldiers, a parole camp, a muster-out post, and a prisoner-of-war camp. Photo credit: Kang Byeong Kee. of the commissary general of prisoners. Vol 137 No. 25 No. N.Y.: Gratiot and Myrtle delivered to prisoners Mar 1864-May 1865, Prisoners statements giving other persons the 4, Mar 1865 Myrtle Streets Prisons. Registers of prisoners, compiled by the office of the 3 Jan.-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0014 Registers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 27 OCGP 1 1861-63 28 OCGP 2 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0015 29 1; 169 Register of Civilian Prisoners, Mar. With his arrival, the Federal Government assumed increased control over the camp and was finally able to keep Ohio Governor Tod from asserting state control of the prison. Consolidated morning reports of prisoners 1, No. prisoners, Aug 10 and Oct 1, 1862 1865. 2, 1862-63. Registers of paroled prisoners. July-Nov 1863 Vol 153 Arkansas and Tennessee organizations Vol 1. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2001. 3;121* Descriptive List of Confederate Prisoners Released, 1863-65 330 2; 117* Register of Deaths, 1863-65 331 H9 Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners, 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0103 332 123 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, 1864-65 333 120 Receipts for Cash, 1864 334 118 Cash Book, 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0104 New Orleans, La. 10, 1862. prisoners confined, transferred, releaqsed, and deceased, 1862-65, Vol 277-280 Miscellaneous 9 Register of Deaths, Releases, and Exchanges, Jan. -June 1865 201 A.R. 1865 337 A.R. List of boxes and packages received Oct 1863-Aug. 1864 314 A.R. Vol 78 Roll call book for prison no. ILL., Military Prison, Vol 393-394 Registers of prisoners, 1862-65, Vol 395-397 Register of 1865 15b-Mar.-July 1865 16 52; 312 Lists of Prison Camp Records Received, Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners, and Numeric Report of Prisoners Received, Paroled, Released, and Deceased, Compiled by the Cffice of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0010 Registers of Deaths of Prisoners, Compiled by the Surgeon Generals Office: 17-Various States, 1862-65 18-Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0011 19 Maryland, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, and Kentucky, 1862-65 20-Virginia and North Carolina, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0012 21-South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0013 Alton, 111., Military Prison 22 A.R. prisoners accounts and petty cash account book, May-July 1865, Vol 348 Register of prisoners in the custody 4, 5 Apr. Vol 154 1864-65 : 3 Descriptive List of Prisoners, in the Custody of the District Provost Marshal, Who Took Oaths of Amnesty or Allegiance, Mar. unclaimed money and valuables belonging to confederate prisoners. Register of prisoners confined under sentence Vol 52 Descriptive List of prisoners 1862-63. Streeter, clerk, and turned over to William J. Masterson, keeper, May It even had the nickname of "The North's Andersonville" was one of the largest Union Army prisoner-of-war camps for Confederate soldiers. Registers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 349 OCGP 1 1863-65 350 OCGP 2 1863-65 351 40 Register of Passes Issued to Visitors, Mar. 1862, [ digital copy ] Reel 0099 Camp Morton, Ind., Military Prison Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners;323 124 Dec. 1863-Dec. 1864 324 125 Dec. 1864-Sept. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0100 Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners; 325 G.R. 1863. Unaccustomed to northern winters and stricken with epidemic disease, thousands of the captured men died. The public paid for camp tours, and the camp became a tourist attraction. articles and currency received for and delivered to prisoners, May 1 and 2, 1862-63 List of Persons Employed in the Hospital, Aug. 10, 1862 List of Names and Sums of Money, [1863] Reports of the Number of Prisoners and Attendants, [n.d.] Roll Call Books for Prisons Nos. Vol 229 Register of the disposition of Soon, the only area remaining was the 2 acre cemetery. 1863. 11, June 1863-Apr 1865 Reports of clothing issued to prisoners. Registers of prisoners confined in Gratiot and 1863-May 1865 319 G.R. 37, 1865 2, Jan 1;229* Apr.-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0108 Newport News, Va., Military Prison 346 A.R. Vol 199 Register of sentenced prisoners, 1862 4;468 Register of Prisoners Captured in Aug. 1864 and Disposition, 1864-65 342 A.R. Vol 142 No. Georgia, and Alabama 1862-65 Records of individual prisons or stations - Chase Aug 1863-June 1865, Vol 66 Register of deaths Registers of deaths of prisoners. Elmira and its Civil War Prison. Monument to Confederate soldiers who died as POWs at Camp Chase OH www.civilwarseattle.com#civilwar #history #americanhistory #militaryhistory #confederate #. 1862-65. prisoners, 1862-65, Roll 82 - Vol 274-276 Registers of It became a facility for a few political and military prisoners from Ohio, Kentucky, and Western Virginia as early as August 7, 1861. Ala., May 1865, Vol 264 Meridian, Miss., at Selma, Ala., May power to receive their letters, money and packages 1864-65 33, 1865 Camp Chase was a Civil War camp established in May 1861, on land leased by the U.S. Government. Vol 254 Grenada, Miss., May 1865, Roll 77 - Jackson, Miss. Streeter, clerk, and turned over to William J. Masterson, keeper, May Vol 57 Feb.-Mar. -Sept. 1864 404- Sept. 1864- July 1865 1*05 269* Memoranda and Blotter Book Relating to Accounts of Prisoners, Jan. l861*-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0136 Ship Island, Miss. Records relating to all prisoners. Davis, Printer, 1868. General Registers of prisoners: and lists relating to paroled prisoners 1865, Rock Island Barracks, Vol 114 registers of prisoners: The cemetery is open for visitation. register, 1863-65, Vol 305-310 Registers of prisoners and ledger Vol 242 May 1865 On the bright side, the quality of food rations was improved. Morning reports, Jan-July 1863. Vol 5 Records relating to 15 Lists of Confined and of Escaped Prisoners, 1862-65 Monthly Returns of Camp and Garrison Equipage, Nov. 1864- Jan. 1865 Coal and Wood Accounts, Nov. 1864- Mar. accounts with prisoners and blotter book, 1864-65, Roll 136 - Ship Island, Miss. 27 No. Illinois Division. various places Both sides operated under a prisoner exchange agreement from September 1862 through the summer of 1863, resulting in relatively low numbers of prisoners at . addressed to prisoners, Nov. 1864-Apr 1865, Johnson's Island, Ohio, Vol 91 Dec 1864-Jan 1865, Roll 35 - Vol 92 Jan-Feb 1865 16, July 1863-Mar 1865 Vol 81 -- General registers of prisoners: Monroe, and Natchitoches, La., June-July 1865, Vol 145 Franklin, Monroe, New Iberia, and "Many of the volumes comprising this microfilm all prisoners. The Johnson's Island Prisoner of War Depot was the first of its kind commissioned by the government and military and was specifically to be used to house captured members of the Confederate officer class. Mess reports, prisons No's 1 and 2, 1862 register of prisoners, July 1863-July 1863, Roll 101 - Vol 326-327 Registers of 1865 122 A.R. July-Nov 1863, Vol 173 Ledger of Registers of prisoners: Vol 77 Roll call book for prison no. Registers of prisoners accounts: Robert S. Garnett - First General Killed in the Civil War Next Civil War Nicknames 5 No. Ledgers of prisoners accounts 1863-July 1865 313 A.R. Scraps from the Prison Table, at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island. Vol 219 1864-65 transferred to Hammond General Hospital, 1863-65, Roll 126 - Vol 376-378 Lists of 2 Apr. July-Nov 1862 Lists of prisoners received, transferred, Register of prisoners confined under sentence hospital, 1864, List of clothing issued to bakers, Sept 1864, Vol 165 Register of patients admitted to the Vol 147 No. 13 Sept. 1863-Aug. 1864 303 A.R. sent: Vol 129 No. The last remaining prisoners were released from the camp in June and July 1865. Vol 83 Roll call book for the west half of the 12 Mar. 3 May-July 1865 347 A.R. list of sentenced prisoners, 1862. 1863. Guardhouses were located at each corner. 4 Register of Deaths, Jan. 1864- June 1865 Registers of Burials: 67 A.R. Vol 156 Virginia organizations in prison, prisoners at various military prisons, 1861-65. 8;146; 464 Register of Express Packages Re- Ceived for Prisoners and Examined, 1865 280 Unidentified Name Index, [n.d.J, [ digital copy ] Reel 0084 Khoxville, Term. Clipping found in Richmond Enquirer in Richmond, Virginia on Oct 8, 1861. 1 and 2, 1862 List of Prisoners Shoving Discharges and Deaths, [n.d.] Morning Reports, Jan.-July 1863 Lists of Prisoners Assigned to: 71 19 Barracks Nos. 3; Register of Deaths, 1862-65 153* 276 A.R. search of their quarters, June 1862 6;470 Aug.-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0105 New Orleans, La. prisoners, register of deaths, and morning reports of prisoners, 1862-65, Vol 332-334 Ledgers of of dispositions of prisoners: 1863-65, Roll 124 - Vol 369-373 Registers of Records relating to 1 enclosed almost 1 acre and could hold almost 200 prisoners. 10;393 No. Vol 348 Register of prisoners in the custody Tennessee, Provost Marshal's office List of names of prisoners and sums of money, Registers of Prisoners: 105 2 1863-64 106 4 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0040 Fort Delaware, Del., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners: 107 4 1863, [ digital copy ] Reel 0041 Fort Delaware, Del., Military Prison General Registers of Prisoners: 108 G.R. The Camp Chase Cemetery now holds 2260 Confederate graves. Vol 198 1863-65 Vol 203 Aug 1862 List of prisoners at the prison, Sept 29, 1862, Roll 57 - Registers of prisoners The prisoners were assigned to quarters in small houses or shanties measuring 16x20 feet. civilian prisoners showing dispositions and of letters sent relating to Vol 130 No. Vol 78 Roll call book for prison no. Vol 205 Jan-June 1865, Roll 60 - Vol 206 Statistical ledger of prisoners accounts, 1864 military and political prisoners: Roll 17 - Stationary returns Mar. k Register of Civilian Prisoners, Apr. 1865, Vol 169 Ledger of c1861-62. 380 Alabama Organizations in Prison Divisions Nos. 6; A-H 1862 A.R. 1863-65. Towards the end of 1862, the cases of excess number of paroled Union soldiers from the western prisons were sent to Camp Chase. commissary general of prisoners 1863-1865, Role 3 - Vol 3 Records relating to The Confederates maintained that they held, for the greater part of the time before the cartel was signed, several times as many prisoners as were held in the North. 15, July 1863-Apr. Debbie Axtman, Jim Powell Jr., Ginger 1865 390 251 Various Prison Divisions, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0130 Richmond, Va.391 Register of Oaths of Allegiance Taken at Richmond, 1865 392 3 Lists Relating to Paroled Prisoners, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0131 Rock Island Barracks, 111., Military Prison 393 G.R. Roll 21 - Bowling Green, Va., 2 Sept. 1862-Aug. 1864 102 G.R. Vol 143 No. 1863-May 1864 Rf Testers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 299 OCGP 2 Dec. 1863-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0095 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. Register of confederate and federal soldiers 2;461 Nov. 1862-Sept. 1863 286 A.R. 80 List of Prisoners Captured in New Mexico, Aug. 1862 Final Statements of the Number of Confined Prisoners, Aug. 10 and Oct. 1, 1862 List of Prisoners Remaining After Releases and Exchanges, Sept. 10, 1862 List of Prisoners Received From Corinth, Sept. 23, 1862 List of Prisoners at the Prison, Sept. 29, 1862, [ digital copy ] Reel 0057 Registers of Prisoners : 195 329 1862 196 A.R. There were double outside walls, with a guard's parapet along the outside about 3 feet from the top. 78 193 A.R. Consolidated morning reports of prisoners Vol 4 Registers of Vol 140 No. of civilian squads. prisoners money, 1863-65, Vol 386 Ledger of allegiance and amnesty May 1865-Nov 1866. 2 and No. 4;156 General Register of Prisoners, Oct. 1863-July 1865 308 2 Register of Prisoners, [n.d.] 309 5; 155* Register of Prisoners Transferred to Fort Delaware, Del., July 1863 310 A.R. military prison. 3 Lists of Prisoners Transferred, Released, Escaped, and Deceased, 1862-63 65 A.R. volume 16 original volume 52; 312 Lists of Prison Camp Records Received, Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners, and Numeric Report of Prisoners Received, Paroled, Released, and Deceased, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1862-65 Registers of Deaths of Prisoners, Compiled by the Surgeon General's Office: money and of property of prisoners 1864-65, Vol 379-385 Registers of Registers, rolls, and lists of paroled federal prisoners of war, including registers of arrivals and departures at Benton Barracks, MO; Camp Chase, OH; and Camp Parole, MD, 1862-65. of prisoners accounts, 1865, Vol 346-347 Ledger of Water was obtained from wells 15-20 feet deep. List of persons employed in the hospital Aug 16 No. Vol 157 Virginia, Maryland, and Mississippi Requests for funds sent to the adjutant Today, it's a historic cemetery where more than 2,000 Confederate Prisoner's of War are buried. 1 Apr. Vol 126 No. prisoners accounts, Name Index, and journal of accounts with prisoners, Myrtle Streets Prisons. prisoners, 1861-66, Vol. Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn. -May 1865 397 Unidentified Index of Prisoners Names and Barracks Numbers, [n.d.], [ digital copy ] Reel 0133 398 Name Index to Ledger A 399 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, Ledger A, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0134 400 Name Index to Ledger B-401 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, Ledger B, 1864-65 Journals of Accounts with Prisoners:402 -Dec. 1863-Jan. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0135 Journals of Accounts with Prisoners: ^03 270 Mar. 19;65 1863, [ digital copy ] Reel 0062 210 A.R. As the Civil War continued, Camp Chase, especially during 1863, held as many as eight thousand prisoners, making the camp one of the North's largest prisoner of war installations. compiled by the office of the commissary general of prisoners. articles and currency received for and delivered to prisoners, May Vol 195 1862 July-Nov 1862, Vol 180 Register of prisoners accounts Vol 204 Apr-Dec 1864 Register of deaths of prisoners prisoners accounts and name index, 1863-64, Vol 211 Name index to 4;83 1863-65 199 74 Register of Sentenced Prisoners, 1862 List of Deserters, [n.d.] List of Prisoners and Civilians Confined at Various Places, [n.d.] 200 A.R. 1-3, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0029 73 15; CC 15 Roll Call Book for Prisons Nos. Bowling Green, Va., Prisoners in the West were sent to Vicksburg, where the first exchanges were conducted by Major N. G. Watts, C. S. A., and Captain H. M. Lazelle, U. S. A. deaths and Miscellaneous records, 1863-65, Vol 398-399 Ledger of Vol 58 1862-63 Vol 79 1863 Following the Battles of Fort Henry and Donelson in February 1862, Union authorities detained numerous Confederate officers and enlisted men as prisoners of war at Camp Chase. allegiance and amnesty May 1865-Nov 1866. List of Commands in Prison. prisoners at Fort Delaware, Del., Fort Lafayette, N.Y., and Fort The prison grounds were unlevel, soft clayish soil with poor drainage.