Johnson's Island Civil War Prison
Within Johnson's Island, surrounded by mostly private residential property, lies the Confederate Stockade Cemetery. It is located near Marblehead Peninsula on Lake Erie near Sandusky. The entire island served as a prison camp for Civil War Confederate soldiers between 1862 and 1865.
This site cannot do justice to this island's history and legacy. Much has been researched about the stockade that cannot, unfortunately, be covered here.
What can be told is that the stockade was comprised of about one dozen barracks, hastily built to house and contain the Union's growing Confederate POW population. While the prison was designed to hold approximately 2,500 Confederate prisoners, it quickly became overcrowded. During the 40 months of operation, over 10,000 prisoners passed through here.
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