Johnson's Island Civil War Confederate Prison Cemetery   Save
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Description: This photograph is most likely of the Johnson's Island Civil War Confederate Prison Cemetery, though more information is needed to be certain. Johnson's Island is a 300-acre island in Sandusky Bay, located on the coast of Lake Erie, 3 miles from the city of Sandusky, Ohio. It was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate officers captured during the American Civil War. Johnson's Island was the only Union prison exclusively for Southern officers but it also held regular soldiers. During its three years of operation, more than 15,000 men were incarcerated there. The original wooden headstones were replaced with marble in 1890 by a group of Georgian businessmen. In 1990 Johnson’s Island was designated a National Historic Landmark. A causeway was built to connect it with the mainland. Only the Confederate cemetery is open to the public. Ground-penetrating radar studies have proved that several graves lie outside its fence. Heidelberg College conducts yearly archeology digs at the prison site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F09_015_1
Subjects: Cemeteries--Ohio--Ottawa County; Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery (Ottawa County, Ohio)
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)