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http://homepages.go.com/~riverone/Johnsons_Island.html
Hello to the Listers!
I am working on my first webpage and have "launched" it today. I am
beginning to realize that it will never be finished and will always be a
work in progress! My United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter is in
charge of the yearly Confederate Memorial Day services at Johnson's Island
which was a Federal prison on Lake Erie here in Ohio.
http://homepages.go.com/~riverone/Johnsons_Island.html
Over 10,000 Confederate men were held here during the War Between the
States and 206 are buried there in the prison cemetery. We have had
electromagnetic imagery and ground penetrating radar done which has shown
there to be over 30 more bodies buried without any grave markings. My
Chapter is preparing the project to be presented to the VA so that we may
mark every soldiers grave with a headstone.
Many WV/VA men passed thru these prison walls and many did not return.
At my site, I have included a list on the "Cemetery" page of known soldiers
names, their rank, regiment and home state or county if available. We are
also
checking the names more thoroughly with roster lists to avoid mistakes that
may have happened when the second set of markers were made back in
the early 1900's.
26 Confederate generals were held here as prisoners, along with
officers,a few privates and a multitude of guerrillas or confederate
partisan citizens. Some are noted characters that a few members of our
list
are familiar with. Walter Cool, first elected Sheriff of Webster County
WV/VA was held there. John Sprigg was also held there. Sprigg was
Captain of the Moccasin Rangers and also served in the 3rd Virginia State
line.
Many other Virginians suffered at this isolated prison on the shores of Lake
Erie. I will appreciate any comments or ideas that anyone has and will
continue to update and work on this site daily if possible.
Thanks!
Sherri Brake-Recco
riverstx(a)sssnet.com
Canal Fulton Ohio