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Conference smurf::civil_war

Title:	The American Civil War
Notice:	Please read all replies 1.* before writing here.
Moderator:	SMURF::BINDER

Created:	Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Modified:	Tue Apr 08 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	141
Total number of notes:	2129

94.0. "Seige of Vicksburg" by BSS::HOLLAND (Galvanized Yankee) Fri Apr 30 1993 18:54

    Since my great great grandfather fought and was captured at Vicksburg,
    I have a great interest in the Seige of Vicksburg. He was Private
    John Holland in Company A 37th Alabama Infantry.
    
    Any thoughts on this seige?
    
    The first reply is a email I received from someone that lives in
    Vicksburg that subscribes to the Roots-L server on the Internet. I
    was inquiring about a list of prisoners taken by the Federal troops.
    
    Mike

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94.1 List of Prisoner Information BSS::HOLLAND Galvanized Yankee Fri Apr 30 1993 18:55 34

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	Hi Mike (and others interested in the Seige of Vicksburg), There may be published or archived sources regarding the lists you want, but I thought I would take a different tack. Since I live right here in Vicksburg, I called up Terry Winschel, who is the Park Historian at the Vicksburg National Military Park, and put your question to him. He told me that they do not have a POW list as such, but rather a parole list of the Confederates who surrendered at the seige's end. For each soldier who accepted parole, Terry has the name, rank, company, and regiment of service. Some cards also indicate "in hospital" for those under medical care at the time. Unfortunately, all of this information is on approximately 29,500 index cards. So, he can't send you the whole list, but, if you have certain names you would like checked, he welcomes your correspondence (see address below). As a side note, there were also 702 Confederates who did not accept parole, and who may or may not be on his records. In addition, there is a 44-page burial list for the Park, which they will be glad to copy and mail at $0.25 (US) per page plus a nominal shipping and handling fee. For more information about the above, or anything else relating to the Siege of Vicksburg, direct your inquiries to: Terry Winschel Park Historian Vicksburg National Military Park 3201 Clay Street Vicksburg, MS 39180 Phone: (601) 636-0583

    
Hi Mike (and others interested in the Seige of Vicksburg),

There may be published or archived sources regarding the lists you
want, but I thought I would take a different tack.  Since I live
right here in Vicksburg, I called up Terry Winschel, who is the
Park Historian at the Vicksburg National Military Park, and put
your question to him.  He told me that they do not have a POW list
as such, but rather a parole list of the Confederates who surrendered
at the seige's end.  For each soldier who accepted parole, Terry
has the name, rank, company, and regiment of service.  Some cards
also indicate "in hospital" for those under medical care at the
time.  Unfortunately, all of this information is on approximately
29,500 index cards.  So, he can't send you the whole list, but, if
you have certain names you would like checked, he welcomes your
correspondence (see address below).  As a side note, there were
also 702 Confederates who did not accept parole, and who may or
may not be on his records.

In addition, there is a 44-page burial list for the Park, which they
will be glad to copy and mail at $0.25 (US) per page plus a nominal
shipping and handling fee.

For more information about the above, or anything else relating to the
Siege of Vicksburg, direct your inquiries to:

Terry Winschel
Park Historian
Vicksburg National Military Park
3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, MS  39180

Phone: (601) 636-0583