In February 1862, 800 prisoners of war (officers and enlisted men) arrived at Camp Chase. Included among the 800 Confederate soldiers were approximately 75 African Americans.*

 

African Americans: American Civil War Contributions

Black Soldiers of the American Civil War: The Fight for Equal Rights

Creation of the U.S. Colored Troops

African American Soldiers Life of an African American Soldier Life of a Black Soldier History

African American: American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients

CIA: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence During the American Civil War

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Missouri Compromise and the American Civil War

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*Phillip R. Shriver and Donald J. Breen, Ohio's Military Prisons in the Civil War for the Ohio Historical Society (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1964) 12-14.