In February 1862, 800 prisoners of war (officers and enlisted
men) arrived at Camp Chase. Included among the 800 Confederate soldiers were approximately 75 African Americans.*
*Phillip R. Shriver and Donald J. Breen, Ohio's Military Prisons in the
Civil War for the Ohio Historical Society (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1964) 12-14.
Black Americans: American Civil War History
African Americans during the Civil War
In February 1862, 800 prisoners of war (officers and enlisted men) arrived at Camp Chase. Included among
the 800 Confederate soldiers were approximately 75 African Americans.*
*Phillip R. Shriver and Donald J. Breen, Ohio's Military Prisons in the
Civil War for the Ohio Historical Society (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1964) 12-14.
Recommended Reading: Black Confederates; Black Soldiers; African
Americans and the Confederate Army