Richland Jail, Columbia, S. C.
Union Prisoners - 1863-64
Richland Jail, Columbia, S. C.
Union Prisoners - 1863-64
| SurName, Given Name | Rank | Unit Service | Co/Ship | When & Where captured | Note |
| Camp, Henry Ward | Adjutant | 10 Connecticut Infantry | F&S | 19-Jul-63 @ Fort Wagner, SC | |
| Chamberlain, Valentine B. | Captain | 7 Connecticut Infantry | 11-Jul-63 @ Fort Wagner, SC | ||
| Jordan, Elen C. ( Elmon C. ) | Lieutenant | 7 Connecticut Infantry | E | 11-Jul-63 @ Fort Wagner, SC | |
| Trumball ( TrumbUll ), Henry C. | Chaplain | 10 Connecticut Infantry | F&S | 19-Jul-63 @ Fort Wagner, SC | |
| Sargent, Herbert R. | Captain | 31 Maine Infantry | C/E | 30-Jul-64 @ Petersburg, VA | |
| Ware, Elton W. | 1st Lieutenant | 9 Maine Infantry | F | 11-Jul-63 @ Fort Morgan, SC | |
| Bedel, John | Colonel | 3 New Hampshire Infantry | F | ||
| Mc Chesney, Martin H. | Captain | 2 New York Mounted Rifles | E | ||
| Harris, Shard ( Shade ( Shadrack ) | Captain | 3 Tennessee Cavalry | D | ||
| Ellis, J. | 01-Jul-63 @ Morris Island, SC | ||||
| Fillen, | Major | ||||
| Dobbs, Lemuel D | 1st Lieutenant | 19 U. S. Colored Troops Infantry | C | ||
| Mix, William H. | 1st Lieutenant | 19 U. S. Colored Troops Infantry | J | 30-Jul-64 @ Petersburg, VA | |
| Bannon, Martin ( Master ) | U. S. Marines | Houstatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | ||
| Anderson, George | Acting Ensign | U. S. Navy | |||
| Arrants, William B. | Acting Ensign | U. S. Navy | |||
| Bartlett, Victor A. | U. S. Navy | Houstatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | S | |
| Brayton, William | Engineering Officer | U. S. Navy | Powhatan | A | |
| Brower ( Broner ), Edward T. | Lieutenant | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Brown, John | Coxwain | U. S. Navy | Lodona | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Burkett, G. W. | Acting Assistant Paymaster | U. S. Navy | |||
| Clark, Alexander | Carpenter's Mate | U. S. Navy | Dan Smith | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Connaton, Joseph | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | ||
| Crawford, Thomas D. | U. S. Navy | Wissahickon | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | ||
| Daly ( Daley ), Timothy ( Thomas ) | Landsman | U. S. Navy | Wissahickon | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Dayton, E. W. ( E. G. ) | Acting Ensign | U. S. Navy | |||
| Dillingham, John M. | Ordinary Seaman | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Foley, John | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | ||
| Harmony, J. H. | 3rd Assistant Engineer | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Hovey, C. P. | Acting Master | U. S. Navy | Powhatan | 08-Aug-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Hyde, John A. | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | ||
| James, Frederick A. | Landsman | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Keefe, John | Ordinary Seaman | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Lawton, James | Ordinary Seaman | U. S. Navy | Lodona | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Littlefied, Austin | Landsman | U. S. Navy | Lodona | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| McCarthy, Thomas | Coxwain | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | A |
| McCarty, Charles J. ( C. S. ) | Acting Master's Mate | U. S. Navy | Canandaigua | 08-Aug-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Meadles, J. | Acting 2nd Engineer | U. S. Navy | |||
| O'Connor, William | Landsman | U. S. Navy | Wissahickon | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Porter, Benjamin H. | Ensign | U. S. Navy | New Ironsides | 08-Aug-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Preston, Samuel W. | Lieutenant | U. S. Navy | 09-Aug-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | ||
| Remey ( Remer ), George C. | Lieutenant | U. S. Navy | |||
| Sedan, Nathaniel K. | Ordinary Seaman | U. S. Navy | Lodona | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Simpson, Thomas | Landsman | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Southard, Henry B. | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | ||
| Tilson ( Tillson ), Myron W. | Acting Ensign | U. S. Navy | T. A. Ward | 20-Oct-63 @ Murrell's Inlet, SC | |
| Tinker, Richard L. | U. S. Navy | Housatonic | 08-Sep-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | ||
| Williams, E. P. | Lieutenant-Commander | U. S. Navy | Passaic | 09-Aug-63 @ Fort Sumter, SC | |
| Kenfield, Frank | Captain | 17 Vermont Infantry | C | 30-Jul-64 @ Petersburg Mine, VA |
Notes: On the night of 8-9 Septemner 1863, Rear Admiral Dahlgren mounted a boat attack on Fort Sumter late at night. Commander Stevens led the assault comprising more than thirty boats and some 400 sailors and Marines. The Confederates, appraised in advance of the Union's intentions because they had recovered a key to the Northern signal code from the wreck of U.S.S. Keokuk, waited until the boats were nearly ashore before opening a heavy fire and using hand grenades. C.S.S. Chicora contributed a sweep-ing, enfilading fire. Dahlgren noted that "Moultrie fired like the devil, the shells breaking around us and screaming in chorus." The attack was repulsed, and more than 100 men were captured. For the next several weeks, a period of relative quiet at Charleston prevailed. The captured sailors and marine were sent to Columbia, which had been the practice since the fall of 1862. As the Jail filled, some were sent to Salisbury and others to Richomnd (Belle Island). They ended up in Andersonville. They were replaced in 1864 ny officers. * - Information on Engineering Officer William Brayton, USS Powhatton is sketchy. It is most likley that he was captured on some sort of mission in Charleston Harbor, probally wounded and captured. His ship was on Blockade duty and they did do some "Special Operations". I have been unable to find any record of such a mission by members of this ship. He died at Richrland Jail 22 April 1864 and I believe he was originally from New York.
Died at: S - Salisbury, NC A - Camp Sumter, Andersonville, GA
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