Camp Douglas POW Prison in Chicago: Deaths of 62nd North Carolina Infantry Prisoners

From ncgenweb  "Rock Island, Illinois  Confederate POW Camp and Cemetery.

Deaths of Prisoners of War from the 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Camp.

Go to Confederate graves; Rock Island, Il  NCGenWeb.

The 62nd North Carolina was surrendered by its commanding officer on 10 September 1863, at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, after which 442 of its members were transferred to Camp Douglas.

Forty-four percent of them died there, including David Messer who I wrote about in the previous post.

There is a list of all the members of the regiment who died at Camp Douglas at the site.

--Old Secesh