O.R.--SERIES II--VOLUME VI [S# 119]
UNION AND CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, ETC., RELATING TO PRISONERS OF WAR AND STATE FROM JUNE 11, 1863, TO MARCH 31, 1864.--#35

Statement of clothing issued to Federal prisoners of war at Richmond, Va., by a committee of officers of the U. S. Army, from November 10, 1863, to January 18, 1864.

A.

No. of men.

F.

Blouses.
B.

Shoes.

G.

Shirts.
C.

Socks.

H.

Greatcoats.
D.

Drawers.

I.

Blankets.
E.

Pants.

J.

Caps.
  A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J.
Belle Isle 7,568 3,173 4,189 3,446 2,597 2,629 3,336 3,730 4,946 2,479
Smith Factory Prison 802 502 748 726 311 354 489 35 745 378
Scott's Factory Prison 2,173 832 1,460 1,581 1,057 1,056 1,433 719 1,261 1,178
Crew's Factory Prison 944 54 692 670 299 284 452 365 482 279
Pemberton Factory 1,421 357 1,152 1,083 490 396 874 1,014 392 398
Prison Hospital No. 21 560 13 387 344 168 123 316 248 186 91
Hospital No. 22 354 3 194 195 116 86 190 225 142 109
Hospital No. 23 339 .... 182 149 87 56 133 223 117 74
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Total enlisted men 14,161 4,934 9,004 8,194 5,125 4,984 7,223 6,559 8,371 4,986
Libby Prison (officers) .... .... 9 35 32 335 151 53 374 116 42
Total issued 14,161 4,943 9,039 8,226 5,450 5,135 7,276 6,933 8,487 5,028
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Transferred by Capt. C.
McRae Selph, C. S. Army, to--		                    
Danville, Va .... .... 2,500 2,000 1,800 1,850 2,500 2,400 700 2,094 2,000
Atlanta, Ga .... .... .... 75 50 75 60 60 .... 68 30
Columbia, S. C .... .... .... 15 15 15 16 16 15 16 12
On hand not issued .... .... .... 11 137 .... .... 203 .... .... 400

NOTE.--Haversacks issued, 5,000; canteens issued, 2,991.

In the annexed(*) statement of clothing issued the "number of men" entered in the first column is the number of names on the sheets on which the issues were recorded. This does not indicate correctly the number of men in the different prisons, as all the prisoners from the Smith Factory Prison and a large number from the Scott Factory Prison were sent to Danville after the issue was made to them, and changes were constantly going on in the other prisons. Nor does the aggregate entered in this column indicate correctly the number of prisoners to which clothing has been issued. Prisoners were being transferred from Belle Isle and other prisons to the hospitals and returned from there to the prisons while the distribution of clothing was in progress. The same names would therefore frequently be entered on one or more sheets.

The accompanying sheet, being a copy of a portion of the sheet(+) on which the issue to squad No. 21 on Belle Isle is recorded, will show the manner in which the issue was made.

The annexed(*) statement covers all issues of clothing made by the Commission, whether furnished by the United States Government, the <ar119_853> State of Indiana, or contributed by the Sanitary or Christian Commission. The committee also distributed the towels, handkerchiefs, reading matter, stationery, and housewives furnished by the Sanitary and Christian Commissions. The hospitals were first supplied with these articles and the remainder distributed in the other prisons.

J. F. BOYD,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Quartermaster, U.S. Army.

A. VON SCHRADER,
Lieut. Col. and Acting Inspector-General, Fourteenth Army Corps.

H. B. HUNTER,
Lieutenant-Colonel 123d Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

JAMES M. SANDERSON,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Commissary of Subsistence.

J. W. CHAMBERLIN,
Captain, 123d Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

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Categories:: Official Records 1863 1864 Other Sources General Hospital #15 Scott's Factory Prison Crew & Pemberton's Warehouse/General Hospital #15 Food & Supply Belle Isle Smith Factory Prison General Hospital #21 General Hospital #21/Prison General Hospital #22 General Hospital #22/Prison General Hospital #23 Liggon's Prison/General Hospital #23 Libby Prison Charity Prisoners of War
Published: 02 December 2014
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