An ancestor was imprisoned in a civil war (south) prison camp and died there; can I find out information?

Question

about this individual; were records kept of these type of deaths? If so do they survive today.

Answer 1

Yes, you can find out information about them. There are also volunteers that will visit and photograph the head stones for a nominal fee.  Start by looking up information on the prison and go from there.  I found information on a great uncle that died at Andersonville at age 18.  Last year during the month of Veteran's Day, Ancestory.com was free for the whole month I believe.  You can also get a free trial period.

Answer 2

ancestry.com shows all the people and anybody ur looking for! go to "www.ancestry.com"!

Answer 3

There are some great answers already given. "Rootsweb.com" is the free half of Ancestry.com or you can get a free 14 trial to Ancestry. But call and cancel before the 14 days are up or you must pay a subscription. But you get to see everything for 14 days.

Answer 4

The information is available on ancestry.com but you have to be a paying member.  Try the church of latter day saints website; their info is free.

Answer 5

www.ancestry.com database:

Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865

        1,565,510  names

American Civil War Soldiers  Military USA -- 4,252,125 names

Confederate Service Records, 1861-1865  Military USA  57,571 names

**Andersonville Prisoners of War  Military-- Georgia; Sumter  37,236   names (**Andersonville was one of the worst Civil War prison camps known.)

Then there are listings from the different states of civil war soldiers who were residents there (like Minnesota Civil War soldiers, etc)