Question about Fort Monore Prison Civil War.?
So, I am big in to geneology, and I found out something about a relative.
One of my grandfathers, was in the Civil War, from NC. He was present or accounted for; for four years.
I’ll cite what a relative wrote me.
“He was present or accounted for through October 1864.Deserted and surrendered at Smith’s Island in January 1865. Confined at Fort Monroe, VA until released after taking Oath of Amnesty February 4, 1865″
So basically my grandfather, went AWOL, do I care not really.
Tell me more about this:
The prison at Fort Monroe,
How was he viewed in this time, was it common?
Could I get his DD214?
I did some googleing a didnt come up with much.
The Ft. Monroe Civil War prison (the Casemate) is a museum. You can go there today. It is part of the small active duty base there. Jefferson Davis (former President of the CSA) was housed there after your grandfather’s release date.
Your grandfather coming from North Carolina sounds like he was a Union Soldier. After four bloody years in combat he could have went AWOL over a thousand things. That was somewhat common. It was more common for confederate to go AWOL.
The Oath of Amnesty was something they usually administered to captured confederates as the war was ending. Back then, they did not issue DD214s. Your service was usually written in a unit record book.
You can contact or visit the casemate for more info on your relative.
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